Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1 Released for Those Who Like to Try Out New Stuff

The first release of the standalone email client companion to the standalone Web browser Firefox from the Mozilla Project is available for download. The second beta of Thunderbird 1.5 is due after the second beta of Firefox 1.5 is released, i.e. around October 5th, and the finanal cadidate is targeted for release on October 28th. Thunderbird 1.5 final is slated for release around the end of the year.

The new features of Thunderbrid 1.5 include an improved software update system, spell check as you type, phishing detection, podcasting, deleting attachments, reply and forward actions for mail filters, Kerberos authentication, auto save as draft, and many security enchancements according to the Release Notes. More... [Dana Baggett]