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What do you know about Thunderbird?

I've never used Thunderbird, but I was wondering if it would be worth switching to. What has been everyone's (anyone's) experience with it, and how does it rate compared to other email clients?

(Should I be looking at Macworld.com instead?)

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I want to agree with...

I want to agree with the general opinion on Thunderbird: it's a very good IMAP client. If you need something other than that out of your mail reader, it may not be what you want.

I use Thunderbird as a "backup" mail client *- I keep Portable Thunderbird on my USB stick for having an email client handy when I'm at other computers. I don't use it at home, where I prefer either Evolution or Gnus. Evolution is a bit more featureful (supports ldap address books, plus a bunch of PIM stuff I don't use), whereas Gnus is more keyboard-friendly and integrates well with my workflow.

 
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