Thunderbird Release Candidate 1 is out for testing. I like it so far. It has integrated RSS, which rocks. I think I have finally done away with Outlook, as of tonight. I’ve been using RSS Bandit and Sage for RSS stuff, but I want to share my RSS feeds so I can access them from multiple computers/OSes. I have been playing with Bloglines, which is not bad, but I really like the look of Thunderbird’s aggregator – it fits in right under your email folders.
Speaking of email folders, I have just recently discovered IMAP. As I consider myself a tech-savvy guy, I am a little embarassed to admit that I just discovered it. I always thought it was an Apple thing or something, so I always used POP. But it’s cool, and it lets you organize things on the server, and it makes it MUCH easier to share email between WinXp, Mandrake Linux, Webmail at the office and the new iBook. I can flag and reply to things, and it shows up everywhere. It also helps remind me to keep the mailbox clean.
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