Mr magoo adds, that for all those that dont know what Thunderbird is, its a Mail Client created by the Mozilla.org team, for people who use Mozilla Phoenix, which doesnt ship with a mail / news client. Although its still in early alpha stages, it is already quite cool, and i imagine it will soon present a sound alternative to Outlook.
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