New Mozilla Email Is Easier to Use, But Not Easy Enough

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2010

“And, throughout the program, the designers have tried to
simplify things, so you don’t have to be an engineer to use it. One
example, which is a catch-up feature, is an account set-up wizard
that spares you from knowing the names of servers.

“But there are still too many issues for me. Thunderbird can’t
be set to automatically show a CC or BCC line in a new email you’re
composing. Every new address you add is set as a “To” address, and
you must click on a drop-down menu to change it to CC or
BCC—an extra step that becomes tedious quickly.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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