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Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 open source email client released

by Brad Linder on December 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM

More than half a year since the folks at Mozilla Messaging released the first alpha version of Thunderbird, the team has released Thunderbird 3 Beta 1. The latest release features a bunch of bug fixes and some new features, including:

A tabbed interface for mail
Integration with Windows Vista Search
Integration with the Mac OS X Address Book
IMAP improvements for faster message viewing

You can also use the Add-ons Manager to search for, download, and install plugins and themes much the same way you can with the Firefox 3 Add-ons manager. You can find more improvements in the release notes.

Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Tags: opensource, thunderbird, thunderbird-3-beta-1

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Bart-oDec 10th 2008 1:21PM

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I wish they would let you view embedded vids in thunderbird then i wouldn't need to use firefox anymore!

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MikeDec 10th 2008 4:07PM

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check out ninja's comment below you....he didn't use the reply button lol

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NinjaDec 10th 2008 2:05PM

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You can, bart. There is a pref for it in about:config. A new beta for ThunderBrowse that's due out soon will allow you to watch sites like youtube in Thunderbird.

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Bart-oDec 10th 2008 4:25PM

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Nice! thanks for the info :)

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King AntoniusDec 10th 2008 5:39PM

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And STILL no way to setup a CLEAN gmail integration I assume. I know it can be done with this add-on and that tweak, but not everyone has the time or knowledge for that.

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