Major differences between Outlook 2010 and Thunderbird
Differences between using live@ucl with Outlook 2010 and IMAP on Thunderbird.
More than just email
Outlook is more than just a Mail client, it also has an integrated Calendar, Tasks and Notes. Search for and organise items across all these and create one type of item from another, for example create a task from an email message.
Similar feature, different name
| Outlook | Thunderbird |
What it does |
How it's different |
| Categories | Tags | Categorise and colour code messages |
You can have more Categories than Tags. Tags colour the text of the line of the message whereas Categories are shown in the Categories column. |
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Conversations |
Threads |
Group related messages |
Conversations can include messages from other folders e.g. your Sent Items. |
| Rules | Filters | Perform pre-defined actions on messages based on certain criteria |
Rules offer more options than Filters, for example you can create exceptions to a rule. |
Brand new features
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Outlook feature |
What it does |
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Automatic Replies |
Create a reply to be sent to anyone who sends you an email. Set a time period for the message to be sent within. See the Automatic Reply as soon as you address an email to a live@ucl user. |
| Flags |
Flag a message by specifying an action to perform and by when. Search, sort and group messages by due date. |
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Search folders |
Create a 'virtual' folder which gathers together items which meet certain criteria. |
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Quick steps |
Perform one or more pre-defined actions to selected message(s) at the click of a button (or keyboard shortcut) |
Other advantages of Outlook 2010
Mail folders can contain both messages and subfolders in Outlook 2010 whereas in Thunderbird they can only contain one or the other.
In Outlook, if your message contains any UCL email
addresses that are no longer current, your message will be sent to all valid
addresses and you will receive a message telling you the email addresses
to which your message couldn't be delivered. In Thunderbird, the message will fail to send.
Collaborative working
| Outlook feature | What it does |
| Send on Behalf |
Give another live@ucl user permission to send mail on your behalf. |
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Direct Replies To |
Specify a different address for replies to be sent to. |
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Share mailboxes |
Share mail folders with another user. |
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