Thunderbird turned 3 this month and has definitely matured. We’ve been recommending Thunderbird 2 for years and have been using the developer release of 3 internally for over a year now. It’s great!
If your using Outlook or god forbid Outlook Express (OE is a non stop virus smorgasbord, switch to anything else, today) you’ll want to download Thunderbird 3 and give it a try see the difference. It auto imports all your mail, contacts and settings for you during the setup. It does however take a different approach to “features”. For instance, if you want a calendar visit the Mozilla Lightening Project to download the necessary add-on.
- Download and install Thunderbird 3, run through the import wizard to get your mail, address book and settings from Outlook.
- Visit the Mozilla Lightning Project in your favorite browser, from the nightly section choose which your Operating System, Right click and SAVE the lighning.xpi file to your desktop.
- Going back to Thunderbird click Tools > Add-ons > Click the “install” button and select the lightning.xpi file.
- Once the file is loaded you will be asked to restart, when Thunerbird is started back up you will have a calendar built right in.
If you would like an expert to help please call our support line @ 14036689184, support for Thunderbird is free for our hosting customers. For everyone else Remote Desktop Support is only $1.00 a minute, so take advantage of it. If it’s your a first time the first 10 minutes are free
