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Thunderbird is a powerful e-mail client and an excellent alternative to paid, premium products. It has many of the same features as its counterparts for the best price - free.
Thunderbird has not had substantial new features added in several years. However, the program retains key features. These include smart folders, tabbed e-mail, powerful search tools and a simple e-mail setup wizard. It also enables a number of add-ons that add additional functions, such as a calendar, to Thunderbird. Like Gmail and Outlook, it searches for words like 'attachment' and reminds you to attach a file if you forgot to do so.
Thunderbird is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It is open source and entirely free. Because it is open source, there is a large support community that can help users who are having issues. The interface itself is a little dated, but perfectly serviceable and highly customizable.
The largest downside to Thunderbird is Mozilla's wavering support of the project. The non-profit has made it clear that they would prefer to stop supporting Thunderbird in order to devote more resources to Firefox. While Mozilla has said they will keep Thunderbird and a new beta was just launched in early 2018, their wavering support of the program is a worrying sign for users looking to adopt Thunderbird, especially businesses hoping to integrate it into their operations.
Even if support from current developer Mozilla does cease, other developers have expressed interest in picking it up. If that happens, however, it's very possible the program could see substantial changes or a drop in quality. In short, Thunderbird's future is unknown.
Aside from that unfortunate reality, Thunderbird is an excellent alternative to Microsoft Outlook. It is also an excellent option for anyone with multiple e-mail accounts from multiple hosts to manage their e-mail all in one place.
Thunderbird has not had substantial new features added in several years. However, the program retains key features. These include smart folders, tabbed e-mail, powerful search tools and a simple e-mail setup wizard. It also enables a number of add-ons that add additional functions, such as a calendar, to Thunderbird. Like Gmail and Outlook, it searches for words like 'attachment' and reminds you to attach a file if you forgot to do so.
Thunderbird is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It is open source and entirely free. Because it is open source, there is a large support community that can help users who are having issues. The interface itself is a little dated, but perfectly serviceable and highly customizable.
The largest downside to Thunderbird is Mozilla's wavering support of the project. The non-profit has made it clear that they would prefer to stop supporting Thunderbird in order to devote more resources to Firefox. While Mozilla has said they will keep Thunderbird and a new beta was just launched in early 2018, their wavering support of the program is a worrying sign for users looking to adopt Thunderbird, especially businesses hoping to integrate it into their operations.
Even if support from current developer Mozilla does cease, other developers have expressed interest in picking it up. If that happens, however, it's very possible the program could see substantial changes or a drop in quality. In short, Thunderbird's future is unknown.
Aside from that unfortunate reality, Thunderbird is an excellent alternative to Microsoft Outlook. It is also an excellent option for anyone with multiple e-mail accounts from multiple hosts to manage their e-mail all in one place.
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Member Posts: 14 | Calendar freeware? I am new to the community and I love your site! Thanks for your hard work I have been searching for some calendar freeware without much luck. I am currently using Mozilla Sunbird, and love it, but it is no longer being maintained and is starting to get somewhat buggy. While Mozilla's answer is for me to use Thunderbird with Lightning, I have no use for an actual email program, as I use web-based email. I'd rather not have to use something that is not only unnecessary, but is going to be a system resource-hog. The obvious answer is Google's calendar feature, but honestly, I hate it. Absolutely can't stand the interface. Not crazy about gmail either, but I digress, lol. All of the other calendar freeware I've found is either not quite along the same lines as Sunbird (which of course, is along the lines of M$ Outlook, ick), or, like Sunbird, is no longer being updated. Where have all the good calendar's gone? Any input would be greatly appreciated! |