Calendar and Tasks were easy since Mozilla already has a great solution: Lightning (opens in new tab), the Thunderbird add on version of their calendar software, Sunbird (opens in new tab). First thing was to find add-ons that would get the missing functionality into Thunderbird. My love for Thunderbird and my animosity toward Outlook gave me the impetus to see if I could overcome these hurdles. Plus, I sync all my contacts, appointments, tasks and notes with my smartphone running Windows Mobile. There are Calendar, Tasks, and Notes add-ons for Thunderbird (several, in fact), but nothing that really replicates the Journal. Both have Contacts/Address Books, but Outlook has Calendar, Tasks, Notes, and a Journal. Out of the box, Outlook is a much more complex program. But switching my work e-mails over to Thunderbird was a more complicated decision. And the more I used it the more I became completely dissatisfied with Outlook at work. (Don’t ask why I have three… it’s a long story.) After a year of use, I was completely hooked. First I used Thunderbird on my desktop for my three personal e-mail accounts.
And really, after the awesomeness of Firefox, I was willing to trust Mozilla with my e-mail. This may have changed, and I know at least one devoted Eudora user, but have more friends who suggested I try Thunderbird.
I remember liking Eudora back in the day, but also I stopped using it in favor of Outlook because it wasn’t robust enough. About a year ago I got so annoyed at MS Outlook that I started considering other options.
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