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09 December 2009
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Thunderbird 3.0 Final is available for download, the new version comes with new features and improvments, Thunderbird 3 changes the way you do email with tabbed email, and a new set of search tools helps you find your emails faster.
What`s new in Thunderbird3.0 ?
New features include :
New Search with Advanced Filtering Tools
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New Search with Advanced Filtering Tools
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New Global Search Field with Autocomplete
User Experience Improvements
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New Mail Account Setup Wizard
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Redesigned Mail Toolbar
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Tabbed Email Messages
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Smart Folders
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New Message Summary View
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Column Headings
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Message Archive
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Activity Manager
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New Add-ons Manager
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Improved Address Book
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Improved Gmail Integration
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For Mac users, Thunderbird 3 is now integrated with Spotlight, can import from Mail.app, read your OS X address book, and use Growl for new mail alerts.
Performance Improvements
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IMAP Folder Synchronization
Thunderbird will download IMAP messages by default in the background to allow for faster message loading and better offline operation. This feature can be enabled on an individual folder basis via Folder properties, or for all folders in an account via Account Settings / 'Synchronize & Storage'.
See detailles features in this link
Install Mozilla3.0 on Ubuntu from PPA :
-For Ubuntu Karmic and Lucid:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
-For Ubuntu Jaunty:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BEThen update and install :
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get-install thunderbird
For other linux distributions ,download and install Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 final for Linux using this command:
wget -O – http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest-3.0/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-3.0.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~ |
~/thunderbird/thunderbird
Download Thunderbird 3.0
