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CardJoe · 19th Sep 2007, 11:58

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...ancial_wings/1

The Mozilla Foundation is injecting £1.49 million into a new company that will handle the development of Thunderbird and develop other email innovations.

Duste · 19th Sep 2007, 12:14

I still really don't see why it couldn't have remained at Mozilla instead going to this new company. :/

steveo_mcg · 19th Sep 2007, 12:22

FF is handled by a subsidiary also (i think) it's probably a tax issue (dodge).

Leitchy · 19th Sep 2007, 12:49

Love Thunderbird and being using it for past 2 years or so. I reckon it handles large Mail inboxes better than Outlook, currently have over 21gig of emails in Thunderbird, and my colleague who uses Outlook with similar email sizes finds the client really really sluggish!

bilbothebaggins · 19th Sep 2007, 14:07

Use thunderbird at home and love it.
At work I have to use outlook, but I'm using TB to read newsgroups, because outlook is utter crap for that.

It's easy to just switch over to FF at work and at home, but since many people have to use Outlook at work I guess they just stick with what they're used to.

Anakha · 19th Sep 2007, 14:37

All my mailing is done through gmail, but if I was using a POP/IMAP account (IMAP for GMail? Yes please!), I'd be using TB with it.

GoodBytes · 19th Sep 2007, 15:56

Some companies has their e-mail system where its unable to work with anything else other then Outlook. So employees are stuck using it.

xtroid22k · 19th Sep 2007, 16:28

Hi,

Well, I love thunderbird. The performance is just out there. I support outlook at work and the problems we run into are just insane. I am a hardware pheme at heart so when it comes to application support; I don't enjoy it as much. I do fix it though. Also I haven't really studied thunderbird indept though but personal folders are handled much better. .pst files run the risk of corruption when you they approach 2GB, but thats part of the problem my office has; but thats another story.

Man I just love thunderbird, been using it for sometime and I would highly recomend it. Just switching your browser and e-mail client increases your computers security, les vulnerable to mal-ware, and more stable from what I have found.

Thanks

Spaceraver · 19th Sep 2007, 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anakha

All my mailing is done through gmail, but if I was using a POP/IMAP account (IMAP for GMail? Yes please!), I'd be using TB with it.

GMAIL does POP..

evilgreenie · 19th Sep 2007, 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by CardJoe

The Mozilla Foundation is injecting £1.49 million into a new company that will handle the development of Thunderbird and develop other email innovations.

Presumably this part of the huge wodge of money that Google "invested" in Mozilla. I'm still concerned that Thunderbird has been spun off into separate company.. Anyone else thinking "So long and thanks for all the fish"

proxess · 19th Sep 2007, 21:59

In the end I just use Evolution.

speedfreek · 21st Sep 2007, 02:20

The spinoff worrys me little. I would like to use Thunderbird to sync with my smartphone however.

19th Sep 2007, 11:58	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Thunderbird gets financial wings http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...ancial_wings/1 The Mozilla Foundation is injecting £1.49 million into a new company that will handle the development of Thunderbird and develop other email innovations. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

19th Sep 2007, 12:22	#3
steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,975	FF is handled by a subsidiary also (i think) it's probably a tax issue (dodge). __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

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19th Sep 2007, 16:28	#8
xtroid22k What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6	Love Thunderbird Hi, Well, I love thunderbird. The performance is just out there. I support outlook at work and the problems we run into are just insane. I am a hardware pheme at heart so when it comes to application support; I don't enjoy it as much. I do fix it though. Also I haven't really studied thunderbird indept though but personal folders are handled much better. .pst files run the risk of corruption when you they approach 2GB, but thats part of the problem my office has; but thats another story. Man I just love thunderbird, been using it for sometime and I would highly recomend it. Just switching your browser and e-mail client increases your computers security, les vulnerable to mal-ware, and more stable from what I have found. Thanks

19th Sep 2007, 12:14	#2
Duste Sierra my delta, bravo! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: WA, Australia Posts: 812	I still really don't see why it couldn't have remained at Mozilla instead going to this new company. :/

19th Sep 2007, 12:49	#4
Leitchy Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 255	Love Thunderbird and being using it for past 2 years or so. I reckon it handles large Mail inboxes better than Outlook, currently have over 21gig of emails in Thunderbird, and my colleague who uses Outlook with similar email sizes finds the client really really sluggish!

19th Sep 2007, 14:07	#5
bilbothebaggins Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 113	Use thunderbird at home and love it. At work I have to use outlook, but I'm using TB to read newsgroups, because outlook is utter crap for that. It's easy to just switch over to FF at work and at home, but since many people have to use Outlook at work I guess they just stick with what they're used to.

19th Sep 2007, 21:59	#11
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21st Sep 2007, 02:20	#12
speedfreek Ultramodder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: SE Wisconsin (us) Posts: 1,439	The spinoff worrys me little. I would like to use Thunderbird to sync with my smartphone however. __________________ New Rig, Quad Core and 8800 baby! Now with 6gb of RAM and a nice even 2tb now my server\|Athlon 64 3700(2.64ghz)\|7800gs\|2gb XMS 2-3-3-6\|2tb+ total HD space... In raid\|I have a problem. New Laptop: HP EliteBook, its fast!