Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0

Reclaim your inbox

Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more.

We designed Thunderbird from the ground up to boost users' productivity. That's why we've made it easier for you to simply get your work done, without the hassles of wading through advertisements and other junk mail. Emailing should be efficient and convenient. We make that possible using fully open and industry leading standards. Read on to find out more about the reasons why you should use Thunderbird as your mail and news client.

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Mozilla Thunderbird Overview

Smartest Way to Stop Junk Mail

Thunderbird provides the most effective tools for detecting junk mail. Our tools analyse your e-mail, and identifies those that are most likely to be junk. You can automatically have your junk mail deleted or you can put in a folder you specify, just in case you like reading junk mail.

Your Mail, Your Way

View your e-mail the way you want it. Access your e-mail with Thunderbird's new three-column view. Customize your toolbar, change its look with themes, and use Mail Views to quickly sort through your e-mail.

Safe and Secure

Thunderbird provides enterprise and government grade security features such as S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, support for certificates and security devices.

Packed with Features

Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, support for HTML mail, labels, quick search, smart addressbook, return receipts, advanced message filtering, LDAP address completion, import tools, powerful search, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.

Unlimited Features

Thunderbird lets you add additional features as you need them through extensions. Extensions are a powerful tool to help you build a mail client that meets your specific needs.

Support and Discussions

Thunderbird mail forums: Please file all bugs in the bugs forum here instead of posting in bugzilla.

Thunderbird Help: Comprehensive help site with a user FAQ

Introduction to Thunderbird: Get started with using Mozilla Thunderbird.

For Developers

The development pages (on the Mozilla.org Website) cover source code, developer resources, roadmap, etc.

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This surprisingly full-featured open-source program is a snap to use…
PC World
…a killer app for users who deal with massive amounts of email
Linux Magazine

Resources

Upgrading from a previous version?
Make sure you read and follow our instructions for a smooth upgrade.
Release Notes
Find what's new in this release.
End-user documentation
Documentation, information, downloadable themes, extensions, tips, etc.
FAQ
Answers to common questions for users of Mozilla Thunderbird.
Extensions
Make your messaging client as powerful as you want by downloading extensions.
Themes
Personalize Mozilla Thunderbird with a large collection of downloadable themes.

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System Requirements

  • Red Hat Linux 7.0 and higher
  • Mac OS X 10.1 or 10.2 and higher
  • Windows 98 and higher
  • More information (on the Mozilla.org Website)