I know they are not developing an Android version but I received an 
upgrade from v.16.x to v.17 quite recently with updates to 17.0.8 since 
then. Maybe they have had a change of heart, pressed by a zillion users?

Brian

On 19.08.2013 21:07, Glidden, Kevin wrote:
> Looks like Mozilla already scrapped development on Thunderbird?  Signing on now might only be setting you up for a limited time if it's no longer supported.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/mozilla-scraps-thunderbird-development-email-client-not-a-priority-anymore-7000000469/
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/missing-mozilla-thunderbird-here-are-five-email-alternatives-7000000492/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fenner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 9:49 AM
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> I was going to say Mozilla, but that is Thunderbird! It is good but when I last looked did not allow multiple account names which I do use. Open Office (which I will probably migrate to when Microsoft stops support my 3003 version of Office) also suggests Mozilla. Depends how much the immediately obsolete version of MS Office costs by then.
>
> According to reviews Microsoft's revamp  of Hotmail to Outlook.com (not to be confused with the Outlook mail program in MS Office)is very good. I have not tried it,
>
> Best Wishes
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 4:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] G-MAIL
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> Simple answer: Thunderbird! Free of charge, easy to use once you have set it up (and yourself!)
>
> Brian
>
> On 17.08.2013 18:28, Inge Hernefjord wrote:
>> Anyone who begin to loose patience with the never ending changes of
>> their homepage and layout in general? The latest 'welcome to G-mail's new look'
>> renewed my decision to leave G-mail. I don't know what e-mail operator
>> to choose. In fact I dislike  Outllook too, because too much trouble,
>> Ihave
> an
>> account in Hotmail, but don't know how good they are. Yahoo is another
>> dragon. Same there, how reliable are they? I hate to have issues with
>> e-mail.
>>
>> Inge
>>
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