“Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email
application is more powerful than ever.
It’s now even easier to organize,
secure and customize your mail.”
I’ve already established that I’m a Mac user, so I stick with the email client that comes with OS X, Mail. It suits my purposes fine and I can see no reason to change. I use the Rules feature to direct mail to separate folders so that mail is organised the moment it comes in. There are folders for individuals clients, registrations for various websites and online signups, and an Unknown Sender folder that gets all mail from senders that aren’t in my address book.
If you’re not using Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird is the way to capture email. Many people are using Outlook Express under Windows, but OE is a terribly outdated junker that is wrought with problems. It hasn’t been updated in years, unlike everything else on your computer. Thunderbird, on the other hand, is still supported and is constantly being updated.
One (perhaps small) benefit of Thunderbird, if you happen to use different operating systems, is that it is available for Linux, Windows and OS X. When you switch to another OS, you’re using a familiar email client.