Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 5.0 Beta 2 (email client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on June 23, 2011 - 12:08am

Thunderbird logoMozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 5.0 Beta 2 has been released in 16 languages. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This package allows you to test the upcoming version without impacting your standard portable or local install of Thunderbird. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Thunderbird Alpha/Beta users can update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

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Features

portablethunderbird_small.pngMozilla Thunderbird is the safe, fast email client that's easy to use. It has lots of great features including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP/POP, RSS support and more. Plus, the portable version leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your email and adress book with you wherever you go. Learn more about Mozilla Thunderbird...

GPG 1.4.10

GPG, in conjunction with the Enigmail extension, allows you to sign and encrypt your email. Learn more about GPG and Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition.

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all your email and settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is available for immediate download from the Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 5 Test homepage. Get it today!

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Comments

I use Thunderbird 3.1.11 – and here is Thunderbird 5! Was there a Thunderbird 4?

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This is based on the same code as Firefox 5 (not 4) so the version was synced. It was originally going to be Thunderbird 3.3.

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