Mozilla is updating its Firefox 3.x browser to version 3.0.12 for five critical security vulnerabilities. All of the issues have already been addressed in the latest Firefox 3.5.1 update which came out last week.
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Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 Preview Release
"Thunderbird 3 Beta 1 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality of the new features and platform changes that will be included in Thunderbird 3..."
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Spread Thunderbird is live!
"Mozilla Messaging today announced the beta launch of SpreadThunderbird.com. Spread Thunderbird is the volunteer-run Mozilla Thunderbird advocacy site where community marketing activities are organized to raise awareness and to promote the adoption of Thunderbird..."
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Another Reason for Open-Source in Web Apps: Data Flow and Syncing
A recent Free Software Magazine article lays out the case for open-source and free software in web applications. I agree with the arguments, but I also want to add another one that I feel is important.
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First look to Thunderbird 3 (a.k.a Shredder) Alpha 1
It turned out that a few weeks were really more like a few minutes. Mozilla Messaging has released the first alpha of Shredder (icon wanted), the code name of Thunderbird 3.
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Evolution - Moving away from Thunderbird
I have been using Thunderbird for quite a while now. It’s a great e-mail client and the fact that you can use it on multiple platforms made it a winner for me. I carry a USB-drive around with Portable Thunderbird on it. A simple edit of the profiles.ini file is enough to point other Thunderbird installs (for instance on my laptop) to the folders on the USB drive.
Read more »Sign & Encrypt your Emails with Thunderbird/Enigmail
Thunderbird is a great and well know open source email client brought to you by the same group that puts out Firefox. But like Firefox, there’s extensions we can add to it to make an already secure application more secure. Welcome to the world of signing and encrypting your emails
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Downloading and installing Thunderbird extensions
Extensions are one of the major selling points for Firefox. No other browser can match the sheer volume of third-party mini applications and enhancements.
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How do you replace Microsoft Outlook? Groupware applications
How do you replace Microsoft Outlook? Do you go for Evolution or Kontact? Can a combination of Mozilla Thunderbird and Lighting do the trick? Do you split the features and are there any compromises to be made?
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Quick Tip: HowTo Integrate Firefox and Thunderbird in KDE
Whenever you click a http:// or mailto: link in KDE, by default, Konqueror and KMail will open. I’m not saying these are bad apps, just that if you have Firefox and Thunderbird installed, why wouldn’t you want to use them fully?
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 update now available
"Mozilla has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.12, an update that fixes five security vulnerabilities..." -- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.12/linux-i686/
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Mozilla Messaging
"Today we’ve announced the launch of Mozilla Messaging, the new name for the entity I’ve been calling MailCo on this blog. As promised, it’s a new subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, focused on email and internet communications. We’ve put up the essential information about the organization on the website, but I have more room for background here..."
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7 Thunderbird Extensions that will allow you to replace Outlook
Whether you are using Linux or not, Thunderbird is a great email client. It’s been around awhile, and works well. But what if we want more than what Thunderbird offers stock? What can we do so that we can share address books between users on completely different computers? Is there a way to use calendars? Can we then share the calendars so other users can access them? With fresh-from-the-box Thunderbird, good luck. Fortunately, the folks at Mozilla have given us the ability to create extensions for this great email client
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Migrating from Netscape to Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
"Now that we have recommended users adopt Firefox and Thunderbird for their browser and e-mail needs, some people have asked how to go about migrating their data. Thanks to the Netscape Champions we now have some FAQ on how to accomplish this..."
-- I think that Firefox is the best transition before migrating to GNU/Linux ;)
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Upcoming features: Calendar syncing
"I’ve found a cool Howto about syncing your Icedove/Thunderbird Lightning calendar with Google Calendar, Zimbra, or any other iCal server (see Wikipedia for a list of servers which support it)..."
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