Thunderbird is the Rodney Dangerfield of email clients. It shouldn’t be.
I use it as my main business email application for many reasons, not the least of which is that it handles HTML code much better than any of the major alternatives, such as Microsoft Outlook or Gmail’s and Yahoo’s web clients. It is also multiplatform. I can use it on Windows and Mac machines, simplifying an otherwise overly complex life.
I have been using the Thunderbird 3.0 beta 3 version on Windows 7 RTM for several weeks. Except for the fact that the current Lightning (calendar) add-on is incompatible, I have found it to be much better than the stable 2.0 version.
A new feature in Thunderbird 3.0 is the Tools —> Options… —> Composition —> General (tab) Check for missing attachments built-in function.
Here is an example of this feature in action.
This is quite useful. It saves us from the embarrassing reply email: Did you forget the attachment?
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