Mozilla calls it “adaptive junk filter logging.” Whenever the user marks something as spam, the application slowly learns what is junk and what isn’t. This is important because it’s a feature that is extremely essential in the everyday use of an email client. Here, users will find options for Spelling, Address Autocompletion, and various general settings to control forwarding, autosave and so on.Īnother tab is called Junk. The first tab worth mentioning is Composition. The options are tabbed for better access and each one contains a lot of various functions, which are hard to enumerate, so we’ll just list the more important ones. If able, you should choose IMAP4 protocol, as it’s a lot more versatile.īefore detailing a little bit more about the email function, we’ll take the time to explain some of the options that can be found under Edit / Preferences. Users can also choose between a POP3 and IMAP4 accounts. This is done easily by filling the required information. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stableĪfter installing the software, users will be prompted to define an email account. To install it, just open a terminal and enter the following commands (one by one, hitting Enter after each one): The developers also have an official PPA (Ubuntu repository) and we believe that this is the best way to install Thunderbird, for all users to be able to get the updates in time. Officially, Mozilla offers two types of packages for Linux users, one containing all the necessary files to run it out of the box, with no installation, like a portable edition, and a second one which has to be compiled.

We ran Thunderbird 14.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Most important Linux distributions already include Mozilla Thunderbird in the default installation.

In 2011, when Mozilla went nuts and sped up the development process, both Thunderbird and Firefox saw more updates and new features in two years than in the past seven years. It was released back in 2004 and, like all Mozilla products, it spent an eternity in development between major releases. The first one is a browser that wrestles with Google Chrome for the crown, and the second one is an email / RSS application that is nothing short of amazing. Mozilla is best known for its two flagship products, Firefox and Thunderbird.

Now, they announced that Thuderbird would have its development slowed down in the coming years, but all it’s not lost and I hope this review will make you a faithful user of Thunderbird and convince Mozilla to not abandon it. Mozilla built the best non-commercial email solution and called it Thunderbird.

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