I started using Thunderbird at work yesterday. I'm trying to move away from using IE as much as possible, since IE6 is the new IE5 (which, coincidentally, is the new Netscape 4). I know that the project isn't all that far along, all things considered, but I was still very impressed by how solid the build is. I imported my address book and messages from OE(Outlook Express) without a problem, and it's now running as my default mail client. I really like how configurable everything is. Want to quote the original email in a reply and start your typing underneath? Sure. Want to start at the top instead? Sure. Set preferences as far as sending HTML(HyperText Markup Language) email, plaintext or a combination of both? Systemwide or by domain? Sure.

A few small gripes so far (and ones I hope they'll fix eventually... after all, it's still in development):

* A keyboard shortcut for "Get New Mail", please! I'm very used to a little Ctrl+M action in OE(Outlook Express) to get new messages without having to use the mouse, which I'm trying to cut down on lately since I've noticed my hand hurting a bit. * Some sort of indicator in the message list pane to show which messages I've replied to. OE(Outlook Express) has a couple of different icons to show read, unread, replied and forwarded. I'd like to see the same thing here.