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Developed by Mozilla, the same people who developed the increasingly more popular web browser FireFox, Thunderbird is a highly functional and very good quality free email client similar to Outlook Express.
Not very long ago we had a little snoppy browse around the web in order to find out whether there are any free e-mail clients which are up to a job like our Outlook Express, for example.
To our pleasant surprise, we came accross Mozilla Thunderbird, which we were quickly able to download and install onto our Windows machine (as an example) and give it a quick test to see what kind of functionality and features it had.
First impression of Thunderbird was that it did pretty much everything that out free version of Outlook Express did. The interface was slightly more elegant and overall nicer for use. Thunderbird gave us email alerts (in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen) every time a new message entered our Inbox, giving us the title of the email that has arrived. This is a useful feature for keeping up-to-date with the latest email related information.
On the second look we wanted to know whether Thunderbird supported some more advanced email needs we had. We were able to export our Windows Address Book into a .wab file and import it into Thunderbird without any problems.
A highly useful feature (completely lacking in Outlook Express) is the option of sending all important BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) emails, when sending messages to a larger group of people.
Another very positive point with Thunderbird is the fact that it has an integrated RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader within the same interface. It is possible to set up RSS feeds as another folder-style entry in Thunderbird, making it really easy and simple to read your favourite news and information in real time.
Furthermore, Thunderbird has an integrated search facility, which is very easy to access and works in real time (i.e. as you type your search term the list of relevant email messages is shown in the email list window immediately).
An important point to make about Thunderbird e-mail client is the fact that it is designed to work very closely with the FireFox browser, which offers many very useful extensions, like integration with the Google Calendar. This means that the combination of FireFox and Thunderbird gives users everything that Microsoft Outlook is capable of offering and altogether in a much leaner and neater package.
Thunderbird also has extensions on its web site (all available as a free download) which will enable you to send your emails in a secure manner, which is potentially a highly useful feature for many businesses.
Thunderbird email client is as good or better than any offer from Microsoft. Considering the fact that it is completely free to download from a web site, works well and does what it needs to do, no business, person or an organisation should have an argument against switching to this extremely good alternative. In fact, we like to think of Thunderbird as the main choice for all your e-mail needs.
