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Mozilla-based email client Postbox finally gets add-ons
The latest build of Postbox also adds a long list of other useful features. If you're switching from Mail.app, you can now easily migrate your settings to Postbox. Postbox will now also pull photos for your contacts from OS X's address book or from Twitter. Several performance upgrades and fixes of annoying issues from earlier versions are also in place now, so it looks like a good time to consider giving Postbox a try.
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Subscribe to commentsmotangJul 1st 2009 7:46PM
I used it at work and it is a very good app. But I still like Thunderbird, but love the speedy Claws email client. :)
Octavio LimaJul 1st 2009 8:35PM
motang, what is the advantage of this versus regular Thunderbird?
motangJul 2nd 2009 12:45AM
By this do you mean Postbox? Postbox is very macish in their design and look, it's a very nice app with cool stuff. But I use Claws email because it's fast with IMAP, and I have hundreds of email if not thousands at work and I need really fast IMAP retrieval so I can get what I need fast. Plus Claws email is basic and gets the job done.
Money MikeJul 2nd 2009 12:06AM
What is the purpose of Mozilla having two email clients? Does this one do something Thunderbird doesn't?
motangJul 2nd 2009 12:47AM
Postbox isn't Mozilla's, it's based on Mozilla's code for Thunderbird, but it's a separate app that is made for another company similar to Flock is to Firefox.
RichardJul 3rd 2009 4:41AM
I'm running Thunderbird at the moment (using IMAP to Google Apps) and, quite frankly, I might as well just stick to the web UI.
Whilst it's no doubt that Thunderbird has had a lot of effort put into it, the UI is unpolished, the options are poorly presented and the defaults for just about anything (include the buttons!) are completely insane.
Not only that but you have to do silly things such as install an add-on just to get fonts being presented properly. And I still have the issue that it doesn't word wrap text causing annoyance to people who don't use Thunderbird.
It needs a similar amount of loving that Firefox has.
EmmaJul 10th 2009 2:08AM
Postbox is a full leap ahead of Thunderbird in terms of usability and power features. I wouldn't even consider them on the same playing field. The search feature that Postbox brings to the table is why I use it - no other client I know of has that level of search capability.