Dark Matter

Thunderbird gives you a faster, safer, and more productive email experience. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail so you can get back to reading your mail. Read on to find out more about the reasons why you should use Thunderbird as your mail client and RSS reader.

One Million People are currently using it.

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H

I have a question.. Will it auto-matically use my Outlook Express settings? Does Norton Anti-virus scan the mail?

Sell us with some more information... Please

Dark Matter

Norton ?
- I personally Do Not use Norton but it should work fine, as well as other AV's that scan emails.

Outlook ?
- How do I import e-mail messages from another mail program?

Go to Tools > Import, which will bring up a dialog to guide you through the process.

H

Alright, sounds good.. I'll give it a try and see if I like the feel. But one thing it MUST do is support Hotmail. That's what primarily kept me from using the e-mail program built-in to Opera.

Dark Matter

No. Netscape WebMail and Hotmail use proprietary protocols. To access WebMail directly through an e-mail client requires you to use Netscape 6+ with AIM; to do so with Hotmail requires either Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. There are also freeware applications available that will let you do the same thing, such as Hotmail Popper.

Another example is Gotmail, which is a utility to non-interactively download email from a Hotmail account. It can download messages from all folders, messages from certain folders, or new messages only. There are options to delete downloaded messages or mark them as read. Gotmail can forward messages to other email addresses or save them as local mbox-style mailboxes.

H

I'll stick with Outlook Express then. I was quite disappointed when I didn't find them in Thunderbird.
Thanks for mentioning it though.

*uninstalls all Mozilla products*

Dark Matter

You have to set it up, click on the link and it shows a how to.

I use to use Yahoo with Thunderbird till Yahoo came out with a new version. So I'm waiting on the freeware program for an update version

H

Well, fact is. Outlook Express works as is. No need to download an extra application. You might claim Thunderbird is safer, but with SP2, Outlook Express is probably more secure than you're willing to admit. No one in my household has ever gotten a virus or worm through Outlook Express either. I believe the risk would be just as great in Thunderbird if you weren't running an Anti-Virus application.

I did hope to make a switch from Outlook, just to try something else. But it seems just like Firefox, you need to download extentions or in this case, a third party application to get it to work the way another program works. Oh and spam prevention.. well... I don't get it on any of the accounts I have in Outlook (which is all besides yahoo and gmail) so there's no worry of that right now.

Thanks anyways.

donzeigler

At least Thunderbird isn't hooked into the OS like Outlook Express is. Sure, SP2 makes it more secure FOR NOW, but just look at the continuing crop of Windoze exploits that keep popping up. Look at how MS drags their feet when it comes to issuing patches. Using OE is like playing with fire. Eventually you'll get burned.

And how lazy does one have to be if they can't spend five minutes to configure a third party app, or five seconds to download an extension? No offense, but its inherent user apathy that is the biggest problem when it comes to home PCs.

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