Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software

E-mail has taken a full circle.

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Review: Gmail Still Tops Thunderbird

Nearly two years after I adopted a Web-based Gmail account for personal e-mail, the software I ditched, Mozilla's Thunderbird, is trying to lure me back.

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Don't put up with a bloated version of MSOffice. Give it the boot and run the more efficient and affordable (try free) option.

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Today is a special day.

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All platforms running Thunderbird: Thunderbird extension Zindus syncs your Google contacts with Thunderbird's address book.

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It's alive! Mozilla has released the first alpha version of its upcoming Thunderbird 3.0, the company's next-generation e-mail application.

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Critical JavaScript security flaws have been patched in both Apple, Inc.'s Safari Web browser and Mozilla's Firefox browser. But Mozilla and Thunderbird could be vulnerable in some instances. Apple also patched a flaw in Safari 3.1.1 for Windows.

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Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 has a very strong feature set, and does its job well; plus, if you are looking for an e-mail client that works and looks exactly the same on most of the different operating systems you may have to deal with, then Thunderbird's almost the only game in town.

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The list of file types that face corruption on Windows Home Server if certain conditions are met has grown and may continue to grow, Microsoft says. The problem was first reported in December when Microsoft announced it could reproduce the corruption error with nine programs.

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The Mozilla Foundation announced today the official launch of Mozilla Messaging, a new subsidiary dedicated to creating open-source Internet communication software.

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The Mozilla Foundation Tuesday opened Mozilla Messaging, a new subsidiary focused on developing its free, open-source Thunderbird e-mail software.

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Cool Thunderbird Addition

Another must have, especially for RSS in Thunderbird: Stylish. It works kind of like Greasemonkey in Firefox, an add-on that allows you to set CSS styles for everything or specific domains.

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Thunderbird's Back On My Machine... For Now

Well, if you've been following my column you'll have known the story by now. First, I fell in love with Thunderbird in May 2007. Then... disaster struck. See, I got kinda fed up with the speed issues and whatnot.

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This extension adds import/export controls for email files, such as that crap you get from forwards where it is an .eml file. This will import the file directly to whatever folder you want.

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Mozilla has been investing in email since the Foundation was created. We have a good, solid client in Thunderbird, and we have aspirations to do more. We ve spent the last few months working on how to meet those aspirations.

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Cya, Thunderbird

After a few months of toying with Thunderbird (in conjunction with Gmail, which I've had since July 2004), I've decided to remove it. Reason 1: Speed

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I can finally export my contacts to my iPod nano! This extension for Thunderbird adds to the addressbook the following features:

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Loch Ness has its monster. Does San Antonio have one, too? Strange sightings of a huge flying creature have been reported as recently as six months ago. Is it a monster or myth?

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In a blog entry written yesterday, Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker discusses plans to create a new organizational structure for Thunderbird so that Mozilla can focus exclusively on the Firefox web browser.

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On her weblog, Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker has announced that Mozilla Thunderbird is to move to a "new, separate organizational setting" as the Mozilla Foundation continues to focus ever more closely on Mozilla Firefox.

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How To Use Plaxo to Sync across Applications and Platforms

The new version of Plaxo (Plaxo 3.0) was announced some weeks ago, with syncing capability across multiple applications (e.g. MS-Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar, etc.). Syncing includes contacts, – which is what Plaxo was doing initially – notes, tasks and calendar items.

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The newest Thunderbird 3.0a1pre nightly (062707) now has tabs support. It doesn't work very well, but it is important to keep in mind TBird 3.0 is still in very early development (not even an official Alpha release yet).

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Finally, the 0.5 release has been completed.

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Finally, I can carry TB 2 on a USB drive.

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A good list of popular open source applications showing how widely used open source technology is used on Windows, Linux and OSX. List includes Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC...

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