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I downloaded it and tried it, and unfortunately it has the same two problems that I hate about version 2:

1) There is no option to say "reply using the same 'from' address that the mail was sent to." This means that you either have to set up an "identity" for every possible e-mail address you use, or you have to reveal your "main" identity to anyone who sends you an e-mail (and possibly confuse them in the process).

2) If you get new mail and read it on your iPhone or any other computer while thunderbird is open, then the status icon/indicator will get permanently stuck in "new mail" mode and you have to restart the app to get it to disappear.

On the plus side, the search is excellent.

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> 1) There is no option to say "reply using the same 'from' address that the mail was sent to." ..

Used and loved this extension to solve that for some time: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/594

> 2) ... the status icon/indicator will get permanently stuck in "new mail" mode and you have to restart the app to get it to disappear.

Rarely seen similar behavior in TB2 (no upgrade yet). Goes away when I hit 'get mail'. (Forcing it to check the server, and notice the mail is read. I do IMAP exclusively.)

Re #1: Thanks very much for the link!

Re #2: Mine never goes away once the bug occurs, no matter what I do or click. If I have TB open for a month, the mail icon will be there for a month, even after deleting and recreating my account! This bug occurs with every computer I own. Also, the "Inbox" stays in bold (as if there were new messages) permanently until restart. It's been that way for years, and doesn't seem it will ever be fixed.

> There is no option to say "reply using the same 'from' address that the mail was sent to."

Huh? I've used Thunderbird 2 (on Windows) forever and I rely on this feature all the time, with multiple IMAP accounts and multiple email addresses for each of the accounts. It just works perfectly.

I suspect you might be mistaken.

Do you just mean you've configured multiple email addresses into thunderbird and get to pick which one to use, or have you really found out how to do "reply using the same 'from' address that the mail was sent to." in thunderbird?

(I use a different email address for each webapp I sign up to but obviously don't want to have to add each one to thunderbird, so this feature would be awesome)

It only works if you set up an "identity" for every possible e-mail address that you use.

If you use e-mail the way that phildawes and I do - that is, using a catch-all for your domain and giving a different e-mail address to each organization - then you would have to set up an "identity" for every e-mail address you've ever used in your life. For me, that number is in the hundreds and I don't have a list of all the ones I've used.

If I'm wrong, however, then please give more details on where to find this feature!

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