Mozilla Thunderbird Beta for Mac

Name: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta
Rating: 3.1 (69 reviews)
Author: Mozilla

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Familiarize with Thunderbird's emerging innovations and make assessment contribution to overall performance improvement
Last updated on 10/19/20
There has been 1 update within the past 6 months
The current version has 0 flags on VirusTotal
Also available on Windows

Beta or prerelease software is not intended for inexperienced users, as the software may contain bugs or potentially damage your system. We strongly recommend that users exercise caution and save all mission-critical data before installing and/or using this software.

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By Mozilla

Familiarize with Thunderbird's emerging innovations and make assessment contribution to overall performance improvement.

Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail. Thunderbird 3 includes tabbed e-mail, new search tools and indexing, "smart" folders, support for Firefox's Personas, a simplified setup wizard, and robust junk protections that include phishing and spam filters. Thunderbird is based on the Gecko platform including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, Web compatibility, code simplification, and sustainability.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 19, 2020

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 82.0b3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System: Mac OS X

Additional Requirements: macOS Catalina | macOS Mojave | macOS High Sierra | macOS Sierra | OS X El Capitan | OS X Yosemite |

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3.1/5

69 User Votes

Repeatedly asks password
StevStam4/21/2012
Pros
Love it when it works but it doesn't
Cons
1. Keeps asking for password. 2. Says it is sending to send mail but doesn;t
Summary
Stinks. I prefer gmail
keeps getting better is a good replacement.
sobokuOne3/11/2012
Pros
Fast and efficient at what it does.
Cons
Its nit-picking I no but its my pet pee. You can't choose a font size only small to large. There are lots of times I need to pick a size 11 or I need to no what size it is and you can't. Fix this and I can switch from apple mail to thunderbird.
Summary
Still its a very good replacement.
How about an update?
1/11/2012
Pros
Continuously improving
Cons
Almost every new version breaks add-ons / extensions
Summary
I really think Seth Rosenblatt, anyone, should write a new review of Thunderbird. Here we are downloading betas in Version 10, and the most recent CNET review is for Version 3?
Can't import settings from AppleMail
Gangalina8/12/2011
Pros
none Trallala
Cons
The only program it is aware of is Eudora. Come on people! Why can't i import setting from AppleMail? Mailsmith can do it, it has other problems but at least it can do it. It is 2011, I will not manually import email settings from one app to another.
Summary
Stuck with AppleMail.
GREAT PROGRAM! EASILY MIGRATED DATA FROM EUDORA.
evothevoth8/2/2011
Pros
Installed easily on my Mac, running Lion 10.7. I was easily able to migrate data from Eudora 6 into Thunderbird.
Cons
In the Mac Library, Thunderbird consumes about twice the space of Eudora 6.
Summary
August 3, 2011 I initially installed Thunderbird 5.0, but had a problem sending mail using its SMTP server settings. So I trashed T-bird 5.0 and installed T-bird 3.1.11 and the SMTP server worked with no problem. Shortly after the installation, Mozilla automatically notified me that an update to T-bird 3.1.11 was available. This update was to T-bird 5.0. I downloaded the update and everything converted from 3.1.11 to 5.0 with no problem. I then used a third-party Eudora migration tool (located via Google search) to convert and transfer data from Eudora 6 into Thunderbird. All data, including 19 different mailbox files, seamlessly migrated Eudora data perfectly on the first try. So far, I'm pleased with Thunderbird. It's on four of my Mac machines in one location. When I travel to another state, I'm going to install it on five machines there.
A fantastic program
mawmawtyger6/28/2011
Pros
Easy to use and takes so little space on the page.
Cons
None that I can think of so far.
Summary
I recommend it to all of my friends.
overwhelming amt of problems with 3.1.10
maryemackay5/14/2011
Pros
none none none
Cons
empty messages arrive, difficulty in deleting even though settings are correct, general disruption of receiving, reading email, some difficulties sending ARRRGH!
Summary
bring back an older version if you are unable to get this one to work properly. MAJOR issues.
version 3.1.10 doesn't find my email servers
i9natz14/28/2011
Pros
up to versionn 3.1.9 everything is ok.
Cons
I cannot login to any of my mail accounts (aol,yahoo,hotmail,gmail). Server internal errors, etc.
Summary
I went back to version 3.1.9 where all works perfect again.
MAC version still not ready for prime time
hbutz3/15/2011
Pros
Tabbed windows built-in Improved HTML editor Incorporated "mismatched" domain checking Built-in advanced configuration editor
Cons
Tabbed windows built-in Does not bounce dock icon as in v2 Folders do not display unread messages
Summary
Tabbed windows - love them or hate them, you've got 'em. There is a hidden advanced configuration setting to at least hide tabbed windows. I never saw the point on a mail client and it should be an option. It takes up a lot of room on the screen. My biggest gripe - They broke every way there is to know about new mail. Come 'on people, it's a mail client. The first and most important thing it's got to do is send and receive email. Version 2 used to bounce the dock icon forever until you gave the application focus. Version 3 bounces it once, maybe twice. If you blink, you'll miss it. If that's not bad enough, they've introduced bugs to the folder display which kill the new mail indicators. If you are like me and have two dozen folders to sort incoming email you could loose new mail forever - NOT what I desire in an email client program. Version 2 might have its quirks but I'd rather use a quirky program which tells me when I have new mail. Skip the fluff. Work on new email notification bugs first.
Not sure why this is a new update, I have v 3.6.12
jeffm653/2/2011
Pros
3.6.12 is great for me
Cons
very few cons
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