We have just been conducting an internal survey for the purpose of possibly replacing Dartmouth's venerable (A.D. 1987) Blitzmail. Among the huge number of server/client/etc. applications examined, Thunderbird stood out above the rest of the competitors - not only for its OpenSource and Unicode capabilities but also various other features being compatible with our existing Blitzmail system. There has been no final decision. In fact we may be looking at developing Thunderbird further or developing Blitzmail further. It's all a matter of dollars and cents as well as having control over the code and the capability to add features in the future. I would suggest that this very important survey include checks on the capability of having all features available on all platforms and at various locations on and offf-campus. Thanks so much, David Kanig and Brown University, for looking into this! I would be happy (with permission from the Dartmouth Committee to be obtained) to forward some of the internal documents to you. Otmar Foelsche