Re: How good is Thunderbird? (was Multiple accounts in Thunderbird)

[Scott Klement <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thunderbird is only e-mail,  not calendaring.  There's an extension 
called "Lightning" however that adds a calendar as an extension.  It 
puts the calendar inside of Thunderbird so that the calendar and e-mail 
are in one window.  That's what I use.

There's also Mozilla Sunbird which is a calendar program that's separate 
from Thunderbird.  It's really the same tool, just in a separate 
window.   Sunbird is easier to use, IMHO, than Lightning, but I find it 
inconvienient to have two separate windows open, so I use Lightning.

Neither one has as many calendar features as Outlook 

I store my calendar files on an HTTP server which lets me access them 
from everywhere, which is awesme for me.


Jon Paris wrote:
>  >> I thinking about installing Thunderbird on my PC and am trying to
> workout in my mind how I want it set up before attempting the install.
>
> I am thinking about it to as I am having a lot of trouble with Outlook.  Is
> the calendaring any good?  How reliable is the mail client? Etc. etc.  Any
> thought from experienced users welcome.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
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