The Mozilla-Eudora partnership has debuted E
udora
8.0 beta 1, a new release of the Thunderbird-based email client that
incorporates the 'Penelope' add-on. Whereas Eudora is a Thunderbird-based client
with extra features added by the Eudora developers, Penelope is an add-on that
adds additional functionality to both Eudora and Thunderbird, but is built into
the former. According to the development team, most features in Penelope can be
accessed when used with Thunderbird, but there are a few that require Eudora in
order to work correctly. In the new release, toolbar icons (and a few
other icons) from the original Eudora were moved to Penelope. Also, keyboard
shortcuts from the original Eudora were moved to Penelope. You can configure
whether these shortcuts in Penelope or the original Thunderbird ones are used in
the Penelope panel of the Options/Preferences dialog. Additionally, the menu
structure of original Eudora has been copied to a great extent in Penelope.