Thunderbird
thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail, news and instant messaging client. the project strategy is modeled after mozilla firefox.
- Free
- Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Mac
- Haiku
thunderbird is a free, open source, crossplatform email, news and instant messaging client. the project strategy is modeled after mozilla firefox.
it supports pop (storing mail locally on your hard drive so that it can be accessed without an internet connection), and imap. it features excellent mail filter capabilities and management.
thunderbird has strong support for using multiple accounts and identities, including automated signature features.
chat functionality is built in, so you can enjoy realtime conversation with your contacts, right from your favorite messaging application, with multiple supported networks. thunderbird makes it easy to search through both past conversations and received emails.
thunderbird can also function as an rss/atom feed reader, and has a large selection of addons that extend it with calendar support, pgp support, integration with online services and much more.
available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable
Links to official Thunderbird sites
GitHub
Twitter
Facebook
Official Website
Features
Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Integrated Chat Built in RSS reader Calendar integration Free API Import from Google Reader Integrated Web Browser Multiple Account support Export to OPML Import feeds from OPML POP3 Support Tabbed interface
Categories
Productivity Social Online Services
Tags
customizable extensible portable integrated-chat instant-messaging built-in-rss-reader calendar-integration email-client free-api google-reader-import imap integrated-web-browser multiple-account-support opml-export opml-import pop3 smime tabbed-interface
