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Thunderbird Review

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client

Review

Version:
2.0.0.18
Released:
19, November 2008
License:
Freeware
Size:
6604 Kb
Rating:
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Product Info

Mozilla Thunderbird is an open-source, free and cross-platform mail client and news reader for most modern operating systems including, but not limited to Windows, Macintosh and Linux.

It offers some advantages over other mail clients, including junk mail classification. Built from Mozilla code, Mozilla Thunderbird uses Gecko, the most standards-compliant rendering engine in existence.

In addition to the feature set found in Mozilla Mail, Thunderbird has several new features and improvements to make your mail and new experience better.

Here are some key features of "Mozilla Thunderbird":

· The ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. Choose View / Toolbars / Customize inside any window.
· UI extensions can be added to Mozilla Thunderbird to customize your experience with specific features and enhancements that you need. Support for extensions. Extensions allow you to add features particular to your needs such as offline mail support. A full list of available extensions can be found here.
· A new look and feel. Thunderbird also supports a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client.
· An addressing sidebar for mail compose which makes it easy and convenient to add address book contacts to emails.
· Online help includes a FAQ, tips and tricks and other useful information.
· Simplified preferences UI and menus.
· Footprint and performance improvements.

What's new in current version
Bug fixes:
Script access to .documentURI and .textContent in mail
Parsing error in E4X default namespace
nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation
Crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager
Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.4/1.8.1.18)
Crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering
Image stealing via canvas and HTTP redirect

Requirements
Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
52 MB hard drive space

Please contact Thunderbird publisher, Mozilla Corporation if you have questions or issues regarding this product.
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