While I’ve been using Thunderbird for over a year now, what hadn’t quite occurred to me was just how much over a year I’d been using it for. Turns out I switched in June 2003 – almost 18 months ago. Thunderbird, at this point, wasn’t even at version 0.1.
It’s great to see how the client has matured over that time, and turned from a good enough client (version 0.1) to something that truly rocks (version 1.0). If you’re still using Outlook Express – why? Reclaim your inbox, now!
incidentally I have 18 reasons why Thunderbird is better than Outlook Express, along with a further 5 reasons. If 23 reasons isn’t enough for you to switch then I don’t know what is…
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December 8, 2004 at 21:10
Does Thunderbird support the following yet (if so, I’ll switch):
* Message Filter/rule to automatically forward on an email (with the option of keeping a copy)
* Ability to change the Folder display size (when I tried TB last time, the “wasted space” between my many many folders got really annoying!)
* The ability to set “Send plain text email by default” (I couldn’t see it last time I tested).
December 9, 2004 at 00:46
I’m stuck with Outlook 2003 because I use Exchange (even at home). Though I do use Thunderbird for USENet now, instead of OE.
December 9, 2004 at 17:20
You mentioned that Thunderbird allows the customising of the start page. I can see where you would do it, but I have yet to find any tutorials, samples, or ideas on how to create a new one. I would love to be able to emulate the “Outlook Today” page, with a list of upcoming calendar events and a todo list (from Sunbird, of course).
December 9, 2004 at 18:11
Richy: As far as I know:
. Not sure how possible that would be though. Some more documentation would be nice; as you point out there’s a lack of it.
Point 1 isn’t possible, although you can have TB copy messages to other folders on other accounts
Point 2 is possible, if it’s what I think you mean
Point 3 is definitely possible (Tools, Account Settings, Composition and Addressing, deselect ‘Compose Messages in HTML format’. It’s the first thing I do when installing TB)
jxhndxe: That would be cool, wouldn’t it?
January 29, 2005 at 18:10
http://www.supportware.net/mozilla/#ext18 allows you to create filters with autoforward and autoreply.