Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5b1 (Official) for OS/2 & eCS has been released.
Features include:
* Spell check as you type.
* Built in phishing detector to help protect users against email scams.
* Podcasting and other RSS Improvements.
* Deleting attachments from messages.
* Integration with server side spam filtering.
* Reply and forward actions for message filters.
* Kerberos Authentication.
* Auto save as draft for mail composition.
* Improvements to product usability including redesigned options UI, search and filter UI, and SMTP server management.
* Many security enhancements
You can download it here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/1.5b1/contrib/thunderbird-1.5b1-os2.zip
NOTE: This release requires C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The latest version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here:
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe
Thunderbird extensions (add-ons) that add new functionality are available here:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=thunderbird
Thunderbird themes (skins) are available here:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/themes/?application=thunderbird
For more information on the Thunderbird e-mail and newsgroup client:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
For a list of what's new in this release:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases
The unofficial "What's new in Thunderbird" page is here (select the month):
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/archives/2005/
Tips and tricks for Thunderbird can be found here:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips
And finally, if you still have questions, or just want to participate in a Mozilla for OS/2 discussion forum, the Warpzilla newsgroup can be found here:
news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2
Regards,
Sander Nyman
Source: OS2VOICE