Thunderbird 1.0 is out. It’s now time to reclaim your inbox. 
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Thunderbird 1.0
December 7, 2004
December 7, 2004 at 10:00
Got it. Love it.
December 7, 2004 at 10:01
I’m using the Mozilla suite at the moment at work – are there any good reasons to switch to Firefox + Thunderbird? In particular, would performance improve?
December 7, 2004 at 10:37
Pah, who needs a pretty gui for sending email? Command line all the way!
Seriously though, since moving my main email account to gmail the only time I need to use an email client is when I have to modify the From address – and Thunderbird just wasn’t designed to let me do that. So ssh, mutt & vi it is.
I guess I’ll upgrade Thunderbird for the minor accounts I’m still using though. It’s probably important I keep up to date with Thunderbird’s development – even if it is only once a week.
December 7, 2004 at 11:04
One of the lecturers in Computing still uses Pine for her email… I suppose old habits die hard.
Tom: It depends. I prefer the interfaces of Firefox and Thunderbird and there’s a few things like multiple identities in TB and the new plugin finder and extension manager in FX that the Mozilla Suite lacks. As for performance, I personally don’t notice a difference, but there are arguments over whether using FX+TB vs the Mozilla Suite offers better performance. I think the best thing to do is to try them yourself and see what you think.
December 7, 2004 at 12:05
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 released
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 has been released.
Get it here
December 7, 2004 at 14:09
Thunderbird 1.0
Thunderbird 1.0 is out! Get it here. Via Neil…
December 7, 2004 at 23:29
Firefox, Thunderbird and the Mozilla mess
I gave up. Few weeks after my complaint about the Firefox affaire, I decided to switch from the Mozilla suite to Firefox (browser) and Thunderbird (mail, news and feed reader, version 1.0 just released).
December 8, 2004 at 01:43
Did they add a whole bunch of bugs just before the 1.0 release like they did with FireFox? [grumble...]
December 8, 2004 at 05:09
hi
can u explain how to configure the mozilla thunderbird with Microsoft exchange server 2000/2003.
i dont know the outgoing smtp server.
December 8, 2004 at 08:51
No, I can’t. Try asking that question at the MozillaZine Forums.
December 8, 2004 at 10:43
Well, I’ve tried upgrading to FX+TB now (I’ve been using Firefox for a long while at home so it’s really TB that’s the leap of faith).
Both programs kept all my preferences etc. intact, which was a good start.
It may just be my imagination, but Firefox in particular seems to be faster. Another advantage is that to keep my email ticking over I only need to have Thunderbird running instead of the whole suite. Also, the RSS feature in TB means I don’t need to load a separate RSS reader anymore, which must be worth a few processor cycles. And the new programs seem a lot more polished than the suite did. Most importantly, the icons are prettier.
So, I’d say it’s worth the switch.
Tom
December 8, 2004 at 13:13
Thunderbird 1.0
Thunderbird 1.0 Released. Yesterday, after read in many different blogs, I downloaded the Thunderbird 1.0. A month ago I gave up to Outlook Express and I don’t want to use it again. I’m not trying Thunderbird, now it is my official email reader becaus…
December 8, 2004 at 16:44
The outgoing SMTP server would be the (external) IP address of the Exchange server (in a standalone config), or of the IIS SMTP server in a frontend/backend Exchange configuration.
Or if your ISP blocks outbound SMTP to servers that aren’t theirs, you’ll need to use your ISP’s SMTP server address.
Don’t confuse POP/SMTP for Exchange, however. What Outlook will do standard POP/SMTP, Thunderbird will not do Exchange. Make sure you’re not connecting to a corporate email server.