I use Outlook for my personal email, and I'm strongly considering changing my mail client. Other than the security benefits of not automatically running scripts when viewing messages, can anyone who has switched to Thunderbird tell me what other features make this client a preferred choice to Outlook?
I'll politely add that open-source isn't enough to compel me to change, nor is bayesian filtering (I already use SpamBayes).
Thanks for your help, and really, I'm not trying to fan any fl
- Administration - One simple screen for e-mail accounts and another simple screen for other configuration options. I find the Outlook barrage of configuration windows and tabs VERY annoying. It's also difficult to see exactly how POP/IMAP e-mail accounts are configured in Outlook. If you see the options in Thunderbird you'll see what I mean.
- These new Virtual Folders (mail's not really moved into them, but it's a view over all your mail based on criteria you specify). I use Outlook 2002 (XP) at work and I don't see any way to do the same without creating rules to copy mail to folders.
- Message threads. I see no way to do this in Outlook 2002.
- Less features. Outlook has more features, but I don't have any use for most of them. So Thunderbird is less cluttered for me.
These new Virtual Folders (mail's not really moved into them, but it's a view over all your mail based on criteria you specify). I use Outlook 2002 (XP) at work and I don't see any way to do the same without creating rules to copy mail to folders.
Outlook 2003 has them, they are called search folders. In fact there is a default one called unread mail that includes all unread mail regardless of folder (I wish they had an option to not change the read state for items in that view as it's a really easy way to
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Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:5, Interesting)
I use Outlook for my personal email, and I'm strongly considering changing my mail client. Other than the security benefits of not automatically running scripts when viewing messages, can anyone who has switched to Thunderbird tell me what other features make this client a preferred choice to Outlook?
I'll politely add that open-source isn't enough to compel me to change, nor is bayesian filtering (I already use SpamBayes).
Thanks for your help, and really, I'm not trying to fan any fl
Re:Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:4, Interesting)
- Administration - One simple screen for e-mail accounts and another simple screen for other configuration options. I find the Outlook barrage of configuration windows and tabs VERY annoying. It's also difficult to see exactly how POP/IMAP e-mail accounts are configured in Outlook. If you see the options in Thunderbird you'll see what I mean.
- These new Virtual Folders (mail's not really moved into them, but it's a view over all your mail based on criteria you specify). I use Outlook 2002 (XP) at work and I don't see any way to do the same without creating rules to copy mail to folders.
- Message threads. I see no way to do this in Outlook 2002.
- Less features. Outlook has more features, but I don't have any use for most of them. So Thunderbird is less cluttered for me.
Re:Question for the Outlook "switchers" (Score:2)
Outlook 2003 has them, they are called search folders. In fact there is a default one called unread mail that includes all unread mail regardless of folder (I wish they had an option to not change the read state for items in that view as it's a really easy way to