@Eugene:

Having your contacts know that you are at work is kind of difficult at first. For those willing to give it a try:

@That_Bastid: Thunderbird and Outlook are indeed different, better it's only up to you to decide. All the same, I've only found one thing that Thunderbird can not do but Outlook can: Exchange. Being a priopietary MS protocol I'm not surprised but may be an issue in some environments. I've seen some degree of it work…