Free but strong Mozilla Thunderbird 2 for emails (Mozilla Thunderbird)

Member Name: fishluck

Product:	Mozilla Thunderbird
Date:	14/12/08 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: free, friendly interface, easy to use, small software, add-ons support

Disadvantages: sometimes dead response

Do you think a free software is fantastic? Or can you believe a powerful and nice software is free of charge?
At least I was doubtful when I first tried it. Previously I used outlook which I need to pay a not small price and also I tried foxmail (a chinese software). But after I tried Thunderbird 2, I can not stop using it.
The software is quite small, only about 6 megbytes, and there are over 30 language verions. After fast installation, we can start to use it. The interface is friendly and layout is clear. It offers speedy search and RSS support. We can install a lot of add-ons to gain more powerful function.It is compatible with my gmails, yahoo mails, windows live mails, exchanger, 163.com and etc. Setting up new accounts is easy to complete. It takes a very short time to learn how to use it. Through add-ons, it is very convenient to backup emails.
Now my thunderbird has 15 email accounts and as long as new email comes, I can get them directly instead of logging in every account individually! When I send any email, I can choose which email account I send from. Unlike many other free softwares filled with a lot of ads, as far as I use and see, no such things happen.
The only bad point coming to my mind is sometimes it becomes dead response and need to restart.
*this review is also on ciao*

Summary: nice to use for free!

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