Can Mozilla Steal MicroSoft’s Email Client Market Share?
If Mozilla’s track record with Firefox means anything then I would say that they have a good chance of taking a nice portion of converters. Last night, Mozilla launched a full version of their email client, Thunderbird 1.0. With it, Mozilla is hoping for a great acceptance from the masses. Check out some of the things Thunderbird has to offer…
Among its features, Thunderbird 1.0 provides a user-controlled spam filter, a built-in RSS reader and new approaches for managing and filtering through e-mail messages. It also can be used as a client for a range of popular, Web-based e-mail services such as the premium version of Yahoo Mail and Google Inc.’s Gmail that support POP3, MacGregor said.
But the foundation isn’t leaving the enterprise untouched. MacGregor said Mozilla plans to retool the application with enterprise-specific features in future versions. Currently, because it supports IMAP, Thunderbird works as an e-mail client with Microsoft’s popular Exchange server, MacGregor said.
Once again, the main thing that Mozilla is offering is a safer way to interact with the web. If you are concerned about your presence on the web then Mozilla’s products are a must for you.
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December 7th, 2004 at 5:40 pm
I hope they fixed the Palm address book/contacts syncing. It ws jacked in 0.9
December 9th, 2004 at 12:46 pm
If I hadn’t switched to Gmail, I’d be using Thunderbird. I used to use it a lot, it’s a fine mail client.
May 4th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Your background image is very obtrusive. You should increase the transparency to make the page easier to read.