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Please note: the Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate 2 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before installing this release candidate.

Please note: the Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before installing this release candidate. The Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate is now available for download. This milestone is focused on providing a preview of the functionality provided by the new features and changes that will be included in Thunderbird 3.0. New features in Thunderbird 3 that require feedback include:

• New Search Tools
• Tabbed Email
• Message Archiving
• New Mail Account Setup Wizard
• Improvements for Developers

Testers can download Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 49 different languages. Developers should also read the Thunderbird 3.0 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center. Note: Please do not link directly to the download site. Instead we strongly encourage you to link to this Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate milestone announcement so that everyone will know what this milestone is, what they should expect, and who should be downloading to participate in testing at this stage of development.

Thunderbird 3 Beta 4 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality of the new features and platform changes that will be included in Thunderbird 3. For additional information about the new features, visit this blog post. This is the last planned beta before the final release of Thunderbird 3. New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

• New Search with advanced filtering tools
• Redesigned Mail Toolbar and Global Search field
• New Mail Account Setup Wizard

Downloading Please read the release notes before downloading for more information about this release including known issues. Testers can download Thunderbird 3 Beta 4 builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 43 different languages.

For us Thunderbird users, we are all well aware of the extra time and steps that it takes to install an add-on into Thunderbird when compared to Firefox, but what if I told you that you that there is a much easier and quicker way? Sounds great Ken, tell us more!

Since it's Mozilla Service Week, we are going to have a live, in real life event from 2-5:30p.m. at Agentic at 611 Alexander Street in Vancouver's historical Gastown district for those who are in the Metro Vancouver area in BC, Canada. C'mon down, love to meet you!

Full details about the real life event and the Get Satisfaction Event after the jump