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Gallery: Mozilla tunes up Thunderbird 2

By // April 25, 2007, 1:50 AM PST

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  • Thunderbird main window

    The Mozilla Foundation releases an update to its free, open-source e-mail client, Thunderbird. The new release features message tagging and new customization features.

    Here is the main window of the Thunderbird e-mail client.

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  • Thunderbird message window

    Here's a look at the message window.

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  • News and blogs

    News and blogs on the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client.

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  • Advanced folders

    A new feature on Thunderbird 2 lets you organize files by favorites, recently viewed or folders containing unread messages. RSS and newsgroup folders continue to be an option.

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  • Message tagging

    In Thunderbird 2, you can make your own tag messages with names like "To Do" and then combine with saved searches and mail views.

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  • Message history navigation

    There is a forward and back button to allow you to quickly run through messages.

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  • Searches

    Like Firefox, Thunderbird offers a pane that lets you do a word search.

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  • Saved search

    You can also store your searches in a folder to help you save time.

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  • Message alerts

    Alerts containing sender, subject and message text have been upgraded. A popup can also summarize new messages.

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  • Accessing other e-mail clients

    Thunderbird 2 allows you to have your e-mail delivered from other sources. Gmail and .Mac users just need to type their user names and passwords.

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  • No phishing

    Mozilla has also added more security features to its e-mail client. Thunderbird 2 will warn you of any e-mails that appear be phishing attempts, and also will give you an alert when a link is not as advertised.

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  • Auto update

    Thunderbird 2 will check itself to make sure you are using the latest version.

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  • Ad-ons manager

    Thunderbird 2 provides a single location to customize your add-ons. You can install, uninstall, enable and disable your add-ons in a central location.

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Thunderbird main window

The Mozilla Foundation releases an update to its free, open-source e-mail client, Thunderbird. The new release features message tagging and new customization features.

Here is the main window of the Thunderbird e-mail client.

Credit: Mozilla.org

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