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Reader Reviews : Mozilla Thunderbird - Free Email Program

User Rating 2.5 Star Rating (49 Reviews)

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Works Great for Me

This is much better than Windows Live Mail and it's free. Works great for me. It's free which is a huge plus. A solid piece of software, does everything I need it to. Importing my contacts from Gmail…More

Impressive, Fast, Clever and Easy to Configure

During my travel I need a light weight but effective email client that I can connect to my IMAP, POP and SMTP servers. I loaded it during this trip and I have to say that is a very impressive, fast, …More

Really Needs Backup Capability

Really needs a backup capability like Outlook. Would not be difficult. Just find the file with the mail and sub-folders and allow you to export to a location on your hard drive.…More

When You Compose an Email, Fonts Are Changing Suddenly

When you compose an email, fonts are changing suddenly. Yeah, you can say that change your default fonts and all that but WHY WOULD I ?Every time, I want to use a different font, why do I have to cha…More

Can't Believe All the Negative Reviews

I can't believe all the negative reviews. I have done tech support for a lot of people and I can say first hand that most of the time when something goes wrong its the users fault. Also, I would reco…More

Worst Email Client I've Seen in 20 Years

The worst e-mail client I saw in the last 20 years! I talk everyone out of using it.I also lost many e-mails like others at this site. It's also unable to export mails and using of multiple accounts …More

Does Not Send and Receive After Installing Windows 7

After installing Win 7 I was unable to get Thunderbird to send and receive. The IP help desk couldn't get it to function correctly either.…More

Entire Folders' Contents Just Disappear with Mozilla Thunderbird

I have had the same experience as others, where the contents of entire folders just self-destruct and disappear. I lost one entire year of "sent" mail, and just today everything in my inbox disappear…More

No Pros About Mozilla Thunderbird

Hmmm… Mozilla Firefox rated # 1 on this site & many? I'd really like to know where these sites are getting their info from? I often wonder if Mozilla is actually shelling out allot of "JING" $$…More

Mozilla Thunderbird Excellent — Does What It Says on the Tin

Excellent — does what it says on the tin. Far superior to Gmail (I hate related messages) and a change from Hotmail. All I want is a basic, simple email program, and Thunderbird delivers. The p…More

Done with Thunderbird (and Eudora)

I was having problems with Eudora, so I went back to Thunderbird and still have annoying issues. Clicking through my emails the previous email stays on the screen not allowing me to view the next mes…More

Thunderbird Risky and Lacking Corporate Support

I was… repeat was a total supporter of Mozilla. Recently, all of my emails from specific folders disappeared. I did not know why nor could I find the information These were VERY important perso…More

SMTP Errors in Mozilla Thunderbird

I was trying to send emails to my friends and business. But always getting SMTP error since update.It was going good from 1 year. Only other bug I was facing is, Sometime windows force close the Thun…More

What an Annoying Bag of Bolts

What an annoying bag of bolts. It marked ALL my emails as junk, and then when I tried to select more than one email at a time to mark them as not junk it would lock up and not respond. I'd kill the p…More

Does Not Want to Work With Windows 7 Home Premium, Great Otherwise

Thunderbird works great on my XP and Windows 7 Professional machines.I wish I could get it to work with Windows 7 Home Premium. I have installed several versions of Thunderbird as they have been rele…More

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