It felt like development for the email client Thunderbird came almost to an halt in the last twelve months. Yes, updates were released but most of them were security related. Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 is the first beta release of the upcoming version 3 of the email client. This version will introduce some long needed exciting features.
The beta release of the email client contains some of those new features already. Some of them are the long awaited improvements to IMAP for faster message viewing, improved email import from other email clients or the tab interface for emails.
The beta will install into a different directory in Windows and MAC OS X while the developers say that it may overwrite settings in Linux. They still recommend to backup the profile before installation to be on the safe side.
The release notes list several issues that are known in this release that might affect your system. You should check them out before installation to avoid complications.
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May be it’s just me but I feel there is no innovation left in email. I am not talking about server or application side speed or security. At best the concept of folders is replaced by labels and a keyboard short cuts add ease and reduce clicks.
@RG: and tabs!
i miss a keyboard shortcut to open mails in a new tab
Martin:
I think I can use your method to archive old email. However, I can’t seem to resurrect the archived email. Any thoughts or ideas how to do this? I tried to rename the archived file and dragged into the email local folder but TB did not recognize it. Thoughts comments?
Thanx