Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 Released

Mozilla has released Thunderbird 3 Beta 3

Hey guys, Do you know that what is Thunderbird 3 Beta 3? Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser and it was recently released by Mozilla the latest version of its desktop email application.

The Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1.1 platform which including some major architecture changes to provide improved performance, stability, web capability, code generality and sustainability.

Thunderbird gives you ….

• IMAP/POP support
• A built-in RSS reader
• Support for HTML mail
• Powerful quick search
• Saved search folders
• Advanced message filtering
• Message grouping,
• Labels return receipts
• Smart address book LDAP address completion
• Import tools
• The ability to manage multiple e-mails
• Newsgroup accounts

Mozilla also claims that there are more than 500 changes in Thunderbird 3 beta 3 and hints at more alterations to come by stating in a press release that many of them are ''laying the groundwork for future changes''.

How to use Thunderbird 3 Beta 3:

1. Double click or click enter on a mail message will now open that message in a New Tab window. Middle click on messages or folders will open them in a Tab in the background. When quitting Thunderbird, visible tabs will be saved and will be restored when you open Thunderbird the next time. There is also a new Tab menu on the Tab toolbar to help you switch between Tabs.

2. Selecting multiple messages will give the users a summary view of the emails that have selected.

3. The column headings that are displayed and the order in which they are displayed can now be set on a per-folder basis.

4. The folder pane offers a Smart Folders mode which combines special mailboxes (e.g. Inbox) from multiple accounts together.

5. Better recognition and integration of Gmail’s special folders such as Sent and Trash including non-English versions of Gmail. Thunderbird also uses All Mail as the Archives folder.

Thunderbird 3 beta 3 is now available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux users in 43 different languages.