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-Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component with the goal
-of becoming a cross-platform stand alone mail application using the XUL
-user interface language.  See the Mozilla Thunderbird project page for
-more details.
+Thunderbird is a free and open source email, newsfeed, chat, and
+calendaring client, that's loaded with great features, easy to set up
+and customise. Core principles include the use and promotion of open
+standards.