After several beta releases now Mozilla has rolled out the release candidate version of Thunderbird 3.0. This RC version of this desktop email client includes many new changes and enhancements as:

- New Global Search Field with Autocomplete
- New Search with Advanced Filtering Tools
- Tabbed email
- Message archiving
- New mail account setup wizard
- Smart folders
- New message summary view
- Activity manager
- Improved address book
- Improved Gmail integration
Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 is available in 49 different languages for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Download: Thunderbird 3.0 RC1