A review of Mozilla's Thunderbird 2 Email Client

[mandy]

Nearly two years after I adopted a Web-based Gmail account for personal e-mail, the software I ditched, Mozilla's Thunderbird, is trying to lure me back.

The latest version of the free software has the two Gmail features I like most: The ability to add multiple descriptive tags to messages and to "star" the important ones. Thunderbird 2 is an improvement over its predecessor.

However, Thunderbird is no Gmail...

I like that Thunderbird lets you add a tag simply by entering a corresponding numeral, but you only get nine slots and can't choose which gets one. Unlike Gmail, you can color code tags, so that "important" messages automatically appear in red; however, only one color gets assigned when multiple tags are used, and you don't get to choose...

full article: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/57231.html