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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 is now available for download. This latest release is a minor update to the standalone mail and news program that fixes some security issues and improves stability. It is recommended for all 1.0.x users as an essential upgrade and can be downloaded from the Thunderbird product page or the 1.0.5 directory on ftp.mozilla.org.

Tags: Thunderbird

Mulberry v4.0.1 releases for Mac/Win32 are now available featuring minor changes and fixes.

Tags: Mulberry

Eudora 6.2.3 is now available with the following new features:

ScamWatch: This new feature combats “phishing” schemes that use disguised URL’s to gather personal information. Eudora now detects if the URL in the link differs suspiciously from the host name and warns you to exercise caution before making the connection.

OpenSSL: The state-of-the art standard in email security and encryption.

Improved IMAP: Improved functionality to synchronize and access email from multiple computers and locations.

Emoticons: 24 new originally designed emoticons (not in Light mode).

Tags: Eudora

Thunderbird 1.1 Alpha 1 is now available. New in this release:

• Phishing Detector –> Examines the contents of an e-mail message and warns you with a status bar along the top of the message if Thunderbird thinks this message is a phishing attack.
• Spell As You Type for Mail Compose. (Enabled by Default)
• Support for deleting and stripping attachments from e-mail.
• Improved RSS Support –> Including podcasting, a new feed subscription UI, OPML import (export will be added in Alpha 2)
• Re-designed Options Dialog
• Improved UI under Account Settings for managing multiple SMTP accounts. If you have an account with multiple identities, you can even configure an SMTP server for each identity.
• An Improved Spell Check Engine
• Auto Save As Draft for mail composition.
• Advanced hackers now have direct access to about:config for pref hacking (Tools / Options / Advanced / Config Editor)
• Mailing lists in the address book now use LDAP during autocomplete if you are using LDAP.
• Offline Improvements
• Ability to have global inbox filters
• Ability to copy local folders to imap servers
• TLS Support for POP3
• Support for Network timeouts for IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
• Search and Filter Improvements (including the ability to create views or search/filter on flagged messages).
• Many bug fixes and other improvements.

Tags: Thunderbird

Version 1.88 RC4 of i.Scribe/InScribe is out.

Scribe is a small and fast email client with an intergrated contact database and calendar.

The Mulberry v4.0 (Mac/Win32) releases are now available. This new release features calendaring and scheduling, internationalization support, as well as new icons, a configurable toolbar and a message quick search capability.

Major enhancements:

• Added support for local, http/webcal, WebDAV and CalDAV based calendaring.
• Full unicode support, including two-byte script support.
• Completely new set of ‘modern’ icons.
• Configurable toolbars.
• Mailbox pane quick search option.
• Basic calendar scheduling via email (iMIP) support added.
• New Draft window layout with simple Attachments list option instead of full parts.
• Draft window now supports per-draft custom identity.