Thunderbird is an email client from Mozilla, the organisation
better known for the Firefox web browser which has a great deal to
offer. In addition to handling multiple email accounts, the program can
also be used to subscribe to RSS feeds and access online newsgroups and a
new tabbed interface makes it easy to jump between individual emails or
different aspects of the program.
There are new tools available to make it easier to manage a
burgeoning inbox Email archival makes it possible to remove messages
from your main inbox while retaining them for future reference, and the
advanced search facility takes the hard works out of tracking down
messages using a keyword filtering and timeline system.
As is the case with Firefox, Thunderbird supports addons can be used
to customise and extend the features of the program. Getting started
with the email client has been greatly simplified thanks to automatic
account setting detection and nice touches such as the appearance of a
warning if an email is written which includes the word 'attached' but no
attachment is added make Thunderbird a joy to use.
With advanced security, phishing protection and automatic updating,
coupled with countless other features which are simply not found in
other email clients, Thunderbird is the ideal program to handle your
email correspondence and much more.
What's new in version 15.0? After Mozilla's recent announcement that
Thunderbird is entering its "extended support phase", which basically
means it'll only be officially maintained with minor bug fixes and
security updates going forward, version 15 attempts one curve ball. It's
implemented the Australis skin, a more curvy interface that gives
Thunderbird a slight refresh in the looks stakes.
Otherwise, new features are - predictably with Thunderbird - thin on
the ground. The unified global search now covers the chat module - which
supports Facebook, Twitter and Google Talk among others - while the "Do
not track" option introduced to Firefox has been added to Thunderbird
too. While not quite as relevant, it does allow the user to request
compliant websites to respect their privacy, and is accessible from the
Web Content tab in the Security section of Thunderbird's Options screen.
