Download Postbox 1.1.5

Postbox is an email client that originated in Mozilla’s Thunderbird. The developers have plenty of options and improvements to it added and it is possible to use the functionality with extensions to expand further. It should be noted, however, that the add-ons for Thunderbird cannot be used without modifications. Postbox supports pop3, imap, and smtp on both Mac OS X and Windows; a Linux variant is still being considered. The developers released version 1.1.5 a few days ago with the following announcement and list of changes:

Postbox 1.1.5 Now Available

Postbox 1.1.5 is now available to all Postbox users. Here’s what’s new in this release:

• The accounts and folder pane will now be hidden when you open a new message in a tab
• The mechanism for logging into Twitter has changed. Twitter users will need to log in again via Tools | Web Services…
• You can now set whether signatures should be included in message replies and forwards
• Performance and memory improvements
• bug fixes

– The Postbox Team

Version 1.1.5:

• Several stability fixes
• Memory improvements to make Postbox give back memory more aggressively
• Performance improvements for sending and reading large messages and conversations
• Add the ability to control signatures in message replies and forwards from Tools | Account Settings… | | Composition & Addressing
• Hide the folder pane when in a message tab
• The mechanism for logging into Twitter has changed. Twitter users will need to log in again via Tools | Web Services…
• Fix an issue with POP3 accounts where checking for new mail failed with an error about the folder is currently being processed
• Fix an issue where copying to the Sent folder would fail
• Fix an issue when dragging a message into the compose window was failing to attach the message
• Fixed an issue with IMAP offline stores larger than 4GB
• Fixed a conversation threading issue where messages were not threaded when they should have been

Version 1.1.4:

• Several stability fixes
• Improved performance when viewing conversations
• Fixed “broken tab” issue after migrating from Apple Mail
• Fixed an issue where copying to the sent folder could fail after migration or import
• Fix an issue where forwarding a message would fail for certain messages
• Incorporated Mozilla Firefox security updates through version 3.5.9.

Version 1.1.3:

• Several stability fixes.