Users of the desktop email client Thunderbird can either use the options provided in the options of the program or the about:config dialog window to change and tweak the email client. Mail Tweak is an extension for the mail client that provides a third option. The add-on is provided for Thunderbird 2 and as a [...]

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Many Firefox and Thunderbird users feel that Mozilla has not added enough protection in the software to avoid automatic plugin installation. A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve [...]

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After several beta versions and two release candidates the final version of the popular desktop email client Thunderbird 3 has finally been released to the public. The new version of the email program is already available at the official Mozilla Messaging website. Update checks within the email client should also be able to pick up [...]

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Most email clients and services display quotes around the original email message when the user replies to a received email. These quotes indicate the original message and the whole conversation if emails are send back and forth multiple times. Quotes are a good indicator of new and old content and can also be used to [...]

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The Mozilla website hosts several add-on directories for Mozilla software such as those for Firefox or Thunderbird. If you look at these add-ons you will eventually notice that not all add-ons are compatible with the version of Firefox or Thunderbird that you are using. The Mozilla website will even display if the add-on is compatible [...]

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The Mozilla Thunderbird developers have updated the upcoming version 3 of our favorite desktop email client. Thunderbird 3 RC2 is the second release candidate of the email software. It is, from looking at the changes, an unplanned release, as it only fixes four bugs when compared to the first release candidate. One of the bugs [...]

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The Mozilla website hosts – among other programs and files – the web browser Firefox and the email client Thunderbird. The very same website is also a directory for Firefox and Thunderbird add-ons which can be browsed and downloaded from the website. Add-ons can be sorted in various ways including by popularity, date, name or [...]

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The first release candidate of Thunderbird 3 has just been released by the Mozilla developers after four beta releases. This marks a new milestone in the development of the desktop email client. The changes in this release are unfortunately not made clear in the release notes as they are being used to list the new [...]

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I have been using the desktop email client Mozilla Thunderbird for many years and have witnessed its rise to become one of the most powerful email software programs. I switched to version 3 since the first beta hit the download servers and have not looked back since. Version 3 of Thunderbird adds many interesting new [...]

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