Open Source v's Commercial: Email


I installed Mozilla Thunderbird, an open-source email program in order to evaluate it against my current email client, Microsoft Outlook 2016.  Thunderbird was much less user friendly than Outlook, with a dated layout which is reminiscent of programs from the early 2000's.  It is much more difficult to navigate around Thunderbird, where Outlook's layout made it much easier to find things.  Once the initial issues with searching for features was overcome, it appears as though the two programs had many similarities associated with many commercial email clients, such as the ability to add multiple recipients, choose the send/receive protocols, etc.  Overall, Microsoft Outlook seemed a much better fit for me.  However, the fact that Thunderbird is a free program and Outlook is not makes it much easier to be swayed to the Mozilla client. Click Here if you would like to evaluate Mozilla Thunderbird for yourself.

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