Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6

Rated 30/50 by ges at May 10, 2011

Far better than Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail. Unified Folders keep mail from multiple accounts in one location.Incredibly flexible address book supporting "Mailing Lists". Some great "add-ons" to expand usability and ease of use. Uses "tables" which are an incredible pain if you do a lot of forwarding of mail and want to :clean it up" before forwarding.Many of us are experiencing an issue when composing mail where the cursor does not keep up with normal typing speed. I wish Mozilla was responsive to consumer pleas for help with the problem with the lagging cursor when composing mail. It is really maddening and occurs in 3.1.8, 3.1.9 and now 3.1.10 for many of us on Win 7 and Vista both 32 and 64 bit. If you can get past that or if that doesn't happen to affect your installation at this moment in time (it can start out of nowhere), there is much to like about Thunderbird 3.x. When I strayed away from Thunderbird to go try Windows Live Mail, it only took me one day to come running back to Thunderbird. For the type of work I do, I really dislike Thunderbird's "tables" structure, but most users won't even notice I suspect if they just write and read mail. But mostly, I just wish I could have Outlook Express back. That was the last e-Mail software I used that was perfect for my needs and which never ever gave me a single issue. But Microsoft couldn't leave well enough alone. They took that one away.

Rated 40/50 by jayjknox1 at May 11, 2011

SIMPLY EASY YO USE!!!NONE YET NONE YET BUT I'M SURE THEY WILL SHOW UP!!

Rated 40/50 by Annabelle22 at May 13, 2011

Simple interface, fast, customizable, doesn't use a lot of memory Tricky to set-up if you use Windows Live Mail or a web-based e-mail; may need some add-ons just to get it to function how you want it to I used to use Windows Live Mail (WLM) to view my Hotmail, but it was too much of a memory hog. I was looking for another e-mail client when I came across Thunderbird. I'm a big Firefox fan so I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, if you use WLM or a web-based e-mail, there's a lot of jumping through hoops to get everything imported and set-up. First you have to download the ImportExport add-on that for some reason isn't even included in their regular add-on directory (you have to go to some cheesy website that looks like it was designed in 1993). And then you have to export your messages from WLM and use the add-on to import your messages into Thunderbird. This is because, for some reason, when I set-up my Hotmail account only the Inbox showed up. So I had to go retrieve my saved and sent messages. What a pain! I had do the same for my contacts, too. Only when I imported them, the fields didn't match up and it was all screwy. I actually had to import them first into my old Outlook Express address book (which Thunderbird supports, even though it's been obsolete for a few years) and THEN import them from Outlook Express into Thunderbird. Worked like a charm. If your head is spinning from reading this, I don't blame you. However, now that it's all set-up, I love how quickly the program and each e-mail message opens. Whenever I try opening WLM, I can hear my poor harddrive cranking away to the breaking point - even with 4GB RAM. I also love how you can customize it with the add-ons, just like Firefox.In conclusion, I would recommend this program to those who are a little computer savvy and won't mind the extra legwork involved. It pays off in the end.

Rated 10/50 by topdanman at May 14, 2011

Pros? You must be kidding! I couldn't even get to first base. How about after 15 minutes I still could not find a way to add a "delete" button to the header or tool bar? It was the same experience as stepping up to sophisticated office printer and not being able to find the "on" button. I am no newbee by a long shot and I'd love to find programs that are better than MS crap. To think, this is "open software" developed with input from thousands of people. What is our world coming to?

Rated 10/50 by jetwax at May 17, 2011

Unable as couldn't get it to function properly Unable to as couldn't get it to function properly I downloaded the program and had a major problem with establishing a pop3 account (that is using the online instructions. I was able to send, but couldn't receive. Have uninstalled. I will give it another go at a later date.

Rated 50/50 by Roger and Susan at May 22, 2011

I won't use anything else............ none,none ,none BEST PRODUCT I'VE FOUND have been using it for some time now like % yrs.

Rated 40/50 by tassiemars at May 25, 2011

Fast, easy to use, not resource hungry. All the usual bonuses that come with open source software. Supports multiple accounts and PoP to webmail providers Doesn't support wireless update to the Calendar and address book. Does have a problem with email disappearing from the Inbox occasionally and totally at random. I have two gmail accounts but can only PoP one at a time. Generally this great, friendly open source competitor to MS Outlook does a great job. Doesn't try to do it all and that keeps it light on resources. Needs a few tweeks to this version as people don't like losing email. Updated on May 25, 2011