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Apr 18 2007
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Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2.0

Mozilla has released the final version of Thunderbird 2.0, their next generation email client for the cross platform world. You can download Thunderbird and view the release notes below. I’ve highlighted the features that have gone into the new version here as well. I hope you enjoy it and I recommend everyone using 1.5 to upgrade to 2.0 ASAP! :)

What’s New in Thunderbird 2thunderbird-title.jpg

  • Message Tags: Create your own tags for organizing email. Messages can be assigned any number of tags. Tags can be combined with saved searches and mail views to make it easier to organize email.
  • Visual Theme: Thunderbird 2′s theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability and maximize screen real estate.
  • Session History Navigation: Back and Forward buttons allow navigation through message history.
  • Advanced Folder Views: Customize the folder pane to show favorite, unread or recent folders.
  • Easy Access to Popular Web Mail Services: Gmail and .Mac users can access their accounts in Thunderbird by simply providing their user names and passwords.
  • Improved Support For Extensions: Extensions can now add custom columns to the message list pane in addition to storing custom message data in the mail database.
  • Improved New Mail Notification Alerts: New mail alerts include information such as the subject, sender and message preview text.
  • Folder Summary Popups: Mouse over a folder with new messages to see a summary of the new messages in that folder.
  • Saved Search Folder Performance: Search results for saved search folders are now cached, improving folder loading performance.
  • Find As You Type: Finds and highlights message text as you type.
  • Improved Filing Tools: Recent folder menu items for moving and copying messages to recently used folders. Move / Copy again functionality.
  • Updates to the Extension System: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
  • New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
  • Windows Vista Support: Many enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista.

Download Thunderbird 2.0.0.0

View Thunderbird Release Notes

Apr 13 2007
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Download Thunderbird 2.0 RC1

Good news, Mozilla just put up the page to download Thunderbird 2.0 RC1. I’ve detailed most of the new features in Thunderbird here on my blog and I’ve been using it since the betas and I really like it. The tag feature is really cool.  Check it out!

Mar 02 2007
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Released; 2.0 on the way…

Well it looks like you can get your security update for Thunderbird now to v1.5.0.10.  Highly recommended to update to it.

As far as Thunderbird 2.0 goes, my research shows that March 6th is the final code freeze which means they’ll be getting into RC builds soon and then we’ll have a sparkling new Thunderbird to play with in March or April.  :)

Thunderbird 3.0 is due sometime in 2008.

Feb 14 2007
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Google Gmail Open to Everyone!

Okay, there has been much speculation as to when this was finally going to happen and now it looks like it has. For real this time. I only say that because there have been some rumors a few times that Gmail was open to the public, but they proved false until now. If you go here:

Welcome to Gmail

Sign up for Gmail

You can click the link “Sign Up for Gmail” and register for an account. A couple things to note. If you already have a Google account for something like Calendar or another service, you already have Gmail. And vise-versa, once you sign up for Gmail you have access to all of Google’s services like: Calendar, Photos, Docs & Spreadsheets, and Groups.

I guess Google still considers Gmail in Beta since they continue to have the tag on their logo. They add features periodically and sometimes, although very rarely, Gmail will not respond. So once it’s considered out of beta it will be nice :)

Well there you go, sign up for Gmail!

Here’s the features: About Gmail

(I also recommend Google Talk to serve as your new mail notifier.)

You’ll get integrated search, almost 3GB of space, chat, mobile access and a free email account where you don’t have to delete! Enjoy.

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