shigadeyo says "Goodbye Microsoft Outlook!" about Mozilla Thunderbird

shigadeyo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:35:36 GMT

Out of the box, Thunderbird is an e-mail client with a basic address book. However, the functionality can be extended with add-ons much like Firefox:

Lighting for calendar and tasks.
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook adds fields for birthdays, anniversaries, categories, etc
ThunderNote adds notes.
and many, many others.

So far I am happy and am going to stay with Thunderbird. Its interface seems cleaner and everything seems to function quite well and very quickly. The base product is easily extensible through the use of add-ons and I feel like I can already do more that I could with Outlook. Also, the application even with the add-ons does not feel bulky or bloated and it is completely FREE! Everything is stored in a central profile folder on my server and data is either in cleartext or XML or can easily be exported. All data is easily imported/exported based on standard formats. I also like the blobal inbox feature to aggregate mail from various accounts. I highly recommend Thunderbird...

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Customeright says "Great for the price, but you get what you pay for." about Mozilla Thunderbird

Customeright — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:55:46 GMT

A competent and useful local email client. Positives are that it has nice email sort features, and having the ability to install user created ad-ons is a big plus. However, the program lacks perfect integration with a calendar system although Sunbird is a solution. Thunderbird also has a terrible contacts management system (not enough fields, no good managment tools, and and grouping contacts duplicates the contact). While I wouldn't recommend for a full PIM, if you don't want to pay for something better,it works pretty well....

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shigadeyo says "Goodbye Microsoft Outlook!" about Mozilla Thunderbird

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