Thunderbird 3.0 RC1

Thunderbird 3.0  includes several new features to help you manage your inbox. As you receive email, Thunderbird 3 will help you organize the most important messages to get you through your day.

Thunderbird 3.0 allows you to “tag” messages with descriptors such as “To Do” or “Done” or even create your own tags that are specific to your needs. Thunderbird features a new find bar that speeds up searches within displayed messages. Thunderbird also offers quick search, which starts showing search results as soon as you start typing in search terms.

Thunderbird offers a variety of ways for you to organize and display your folders, whether by favorites, recently viewed or folders containing unread messages. Thunderbird has been updated to provide more informative and relevant message alerts containing sender, subject and message text for newly arrived messages.

Thunderbird 3.0 makes it even easier to integrate and use various Web mail accounts from one inbox.  Gmail and Mac users can access their accounts in Thunderbird by simply providing their user names and passwords.