Install Thunderbird 3.0 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

To install Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala we need to include repositories into the system. Open terminal and enter command,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily

sudo apt-get update

This will update the sources.list file. Now install Thunderbird 3.0 using following command

apt-get install thunderbird-3.0

Access Thunderbird 3.0 by going to Applications > Internet > Thunderbird 3.0

Run Twitter inside Thunderbird 3.0 [Hack]

Many of you might be using Thunderbird 3.0 alot after after its debut release, There are bunch of new features to play with. Theres a little hack which we want to share with you guys. Since there is no option to access Twitter inside Thunderbird, but some extra amount of code will work.

Go to Tools > Error Console and Past following code and hit Evaluate.

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow("mail:3pane").

document.getElementById("tabmail").openTab("contentTab", {contentPage: "https://twitter.com"});

Google Wave inside Thunderbird 3.0 [Hack]

Not much time gone when officially Thunderbird was launched. Thunderbird 3.0 content tabs features enables to view google waves right in Mozilla Email Client. This is a little code hack. Run Thunderbird 3.0 and go to "Tools" > "Error Console". In "Code" paste following code and hit "Evaluate"

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow("mail:3pane").document.getElementById("tabmail").openTab("contentTab", {contentPage: "https://wave.google.com/wave/?nouacheck"});

This will open a Google Wave in New Thunderbird tab.

Download Thunderbird 3 Final

After long 3 RC of Thunderbird, an email client from Mozilla has staged itself for celebrations. There are lot of new fantastic features accompanying Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0. The prominent feature is its Tabbed interface just like Firefox, and we all just know how much of importance is tabbing. New tabbed search results for email filtering will help to sort out relevant emails. Speed is always the main concern for Mozilla and this will be highly experienced by Mozilla Thunderbird users.

Thunderbird 3.0 is based on Gecko 1.9.1.5 

Look out some more advanced features

-Customize with Personas
-Smart Folders
-Global search with Autocomplete
-Column Headings
-Windows Vista search integration
-Mac Spotlight integration
-Addons Manager
-Mail Account Setup Wizard (Auto configurable email settings)
-One Click Address Book
-Email Attachment Reminder
-Activity Manager to record all interactions at one place
-Personal identity security
-Junk filtering
-Robust Privacy
-Phishing Protection
-Automated Updates
-Easy Gmail accessibility when its is down
-Easy backup
- and last but not the least its Open Source :)

Source code
Download Thunderbird 3.0 (8.6MB)