Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released 431

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:38PM from the thunderbird-is-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 is out! For those who haven't heard about it yet, Mozilla Thunderbird is mozilla.org's new standalone mail client and sister product to Mozilla Firebird. According to MozillaZine's article on the release, new features include 'a redesigned Options dialogue, spell checker improvements, enhancements to the default theme and better performance and stability'. More information can be found at the Mozilla Thunderbird Project Page and in the release notes (which include the important information that a clean install is vital). Builds are available for Windows (7.3Mb), Mac OS (11.1Mb) and Linux (9.5Mb) or you can download the source (29.1Mb) and build it yourself for extra geek points."

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released

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Confused (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:40PM (#6865143)

Thunderbird / Firebird?

Why not pick a diffrent GMC product name just to confuse us!

Hornet
Gremlen

I don't enjoy this mental image of a drunk on the street with drinking from his paperbag while browsing the web.

In Other News... (Score:3, Funny)

by Luigi30 ( 656867 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:42PM (#6865158)

SCO is suing Mozilla for making stuff on Linux. And Ford is suing Mozilla for using the word Thunderbird. And I'm being sued for not being funny.

I upgraded... (Score:5, Funny)

by grasshoppa ( 657393 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:47PM (#6865189) Homepage

...but I still don't have any friends. :( ( no emails magically appeared )

When... (Score:4, Funny)

by jabbadabbadoo ( 599681 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:50PM (#6865208)

...will Mozilla Taurus be released?

Re:Confused (Score:3, Funny)

by El ( 94934 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:55PM (#6865240)

Why not pick a diffrent GMC product name just to confuse us!
And all this time I thought the Thunderbird was a Ford...

Re:good now maybe they can get plugins (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @09:56PM (#6865245)

You run plugins in your mail client?

Mozilla Thunderbird? (Score:5, Funny)

by Mister Black ( 265849 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:00PM (#6865271)

Bah! Let me know when Mozilla Mad Dog or Mozilla Night Train Express are released.

Why do I think of Steve Martin... (Score:5, Funny)

by Quarters ( 18322 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:09PM (#6865313)

running around going, "THE NEW PHONEBOOKS ARE HERE!! THE NEW PHONEBOOKS ARE HERE!!" whenever I see someone make an excited news post about a 0.1 rev to a *mail client*?

Re:In Other News... (Score:5, Funny)

by Gogl ( 125883 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:10PM (#6865325) Journal

"And I'm being sued for not being funny."

Your current moderated status seems to disagree, henceforth I am suing you for misadvertising your comment. I'll see you in court!

Re:Confused (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:10PM (#6865330)

I thought they were all fortified wines. I'm expecting the next Mozilla version to be called Nighttrain, with the posterboy being someone so drunk they see lizards.

Why? (Score:5, Funny)

by Timesprout ( 579035 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:11PM (#6865333)

Why were they not a bit more aggresive with version numbers ? Its not like its a totally new code base so I'm wondering why they did not start at .4 or higher and work towards version parity (hopefully a 1.0 release in the very very near future) with Firebird so the Mozilla tools can be offered as a suite rather than a hodgepodge of different versions. I ask because telling your PHB you want to run 0.2 software in many cases is like telling him you have volunteered his services for clinical trials of a new protological device. Not something hes going to be happy about.

Re:I upgraded... (Score:5, Funny)

by Timesprout ( 579035 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:20PM (#6865383)

Add a Hotmail account and you will suddenly find your popularity with sex crazed nymphettes has increased tremendously.

Damn, for 686's only! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:30PM (#6865445)

I got cut off from downloading and testing Phoenix (Now MozillaFirdBird) when it suddenly jumped from 586 platforms to 686. I see Thunderbird is a 686 only, too. Guess us Poor and Disadvantaged will have to do without! BS! I'll do without, Damnit!

See! The Internet is only for the Rich and Famous! Whole segments of the population has to do without!

Re:One feature I want... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:31PM (#6865449)

You've never met anyone in middle management? You sir are a lucky man.

Re:Convert your friends now! (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:41PM (#6865501)

JUST FUCKING TRY

I will run pine or die!

Multipart mime attachements? (Score:3, Funny)

by MSBob ( 307239 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:46PM (#6865534)

Why can't Thunderbird deal with multipart attachments? Forte can, Outlook Express can and Thunderbird/Mozilla News seem to be the only mainstream newsreaders that cannot. I think this should be high on their agenda. Remember, pr0n friendliness always helps higher download rates.

Re:Confused (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:48PM (#6865553)

What a fucking idiot!
Or...
What a brilliant comedian!

Re:Moz 0.2 (Score:2, Funny)

by verbatim_verbose ( 411803 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:49PM (#6865561)

Good question, should just stick to your kernel-based web browser and read straight off of the stack registers like the true geeks.

Re:Confused (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @10:53PM (#6865583)

I think this illustrated the point quite well.

No one can remember if Firebird / Thunderbird is a Pontiac / Ford product. But everyone can remember the Gremlin was an AMC product.

Re:Confused (Score:5, Funny)

by Zork the Almighty ( 599344 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @11:00PM (#6865617) Journal

Atzilla leastzilla theyzilla won'tzilla getzilla suedzilla byzilla moviezilla studioszilla.

Re:When... (Score:2, Funny)

by AnonymousCowheart ( 646429 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @11:18PM (#6865730)

Already been released, it was called Netscape 6 [netscape.com]

Re:Thank you for the explination (Score:2, Funny)

by lee7guy ( 659916 ) writes: on Wednesday September 03, 2003 @11:22PM (#6865749)

And soon to be followed by Waterbird for IRC and Earthbird for web page creation. Oh, and not to mention Tarmacbird for your addressbook needs! And the soon to be announced Bugbird for hunting down bugs in code!

Re:If you want a little speed boost (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 04, 2003 @12:32AM (#6866061)

If you are running Gentoo Linux, all your software is custom-compiled and optimized for your hardware.

Don't you mean: "If you are running Gentoo Linux, all your software is currently being compiled and optimized for your hardware." ?

Re:It's rather good (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 04, 2003 @03:30AM (#6866659)

Firebird bloated compared to Office? Does Redmond pay you by the word?

Debian package announcement: (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 04, 2003 @03:47AM (#6866705)
The mozilla thunderbird mail client, version 0.2, will not make the unstable, let alone the stable distribution before the end of 2004.
For those out there who wish to use thunderbird, we offer the following solutions:
- Get the generic binary (bad)
- build yourself (better)
- install gentoo (preferable)
Re:The release notes don't mention ... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday September 04, 2003 @07:37AM (#6867393)

Just put this in your user.js file in the profile folder:
[Gibberish omitted.]
Note that the prefs file can be tricky to find. On XP, it's usually in:
[Gibberish omitted.]
Remember to quit Thunderbird first, otherwise it'll overwrite your changes.

You know, it's amazing to me that open source software hasn't yet taken over the world.

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Confused (Score:2, Funny)

In Other News... (Score:3, Funny)

I upgraded... (Score:5, Funny)

When... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Confused (Score:3, Funny)

Re:good now maybe they can get plugins (Score:1, Funny)

Mozilla Thunderbird? (Score:5, Funny)

Why do I think of Steve Martin... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In Other News... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Confused (Score:3, Funny)

Why? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I upgraded... (Score:5, Funny)

Damn, for 686's only! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:One feature I want... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Convert your friends now! (Score:3, Funny)

Multipart mime attachements? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Confused (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Moz 0.2 (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Confused (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Confused (Score:5, Funny)

Re:When... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Thank you for the explination (Score:2, Funny)

Re:If you want a little speed boost (Score:5, Funny)

Re:It's rather good (Score:1, Funny)

Debian package announcement: (Score:1, Funny)

Re:The release notes don't mention ... (Score:1, Funny)

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