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Qualcomm [http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2006/061011_project_collaboration_mozilla.html announced] plans on October 11, 2006 to produce a open source version of Eudora based on Thunderbird, and that once it was available to stop selling Eudora commercially. The effort to migrate Eudora to a Thunderbird-based application is called the Penelope project. Besides the Eudora branded version of Thunderbird they are developing a Penelope extension that can be used with Mozilla Thunderbird.  
Qualcomm [http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2006/061011_project_collaboration_mozilla.html announced] plans on October 11, 2006 to produce a open source version of Eudora based on Thunderbird, and that once it was available to stop selling Eudora commercially. On Sept 13, 2010 they released [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_OSE Eudora OSE], which had initially been called Eudora 8. Its available for Windows (XP and later versions) OS X (10.4.x and later) and Linux.


The Eudora installer includes the Penelope extension. Most features in the Penelope extension work with Mozilla Thunderbird but a few supposedly require Eudora in order to work correctly. The three IMAP specific enhancements are not implemented in Penelope. None of the commercial Eudora source code will be used in either deliverable.
Eudora OSE is based on Thunderbird 3.0.4 source code (3.0.4 was released March 30, 2010) and includes a Penelope extension. Almost all of the Eudora specific features are in the Penelope extension. None of the commercial Eudora source code is used in either deliverable. Qualcomm had five developers and a project manager working full time on the project.


Qualcomm has five developers and a project manager working on this project. For comparison, there are only two full time Thunderbird developers. The Eudora beta releases support Windows and OSX, its not clear if they will eventually support Linux or not. Bugs are reported in Mozilla's [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advance&product=Penelope Bugzilla database] just like Thunderbirds.
Bugs are reported in Mozilla's [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advance&product=Penelope Bugzilla database] just like Thunderbird's. If you install Eudora OSE it will automatically find and use your default Thunderbird profile (if it exists).  


This [http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/02/penelope-development-progress/ article] has a screen shot of
Much of the interest in Eudora OSE in the MozillaZine forums has died off due to the slow pace of the project and people realizing how little of what made classic Eudora unique was kept. There doesn't seem to be any information available on future plans.  A Eudora clone called Odysseus was developed by another company as a commercial product at the same time. Its now called [http://www.infinitydatasystems.com/products/mailforge/features.html MailForge]. It originally was a cross platform product that supported Windows and both PowerPC and Intel Macs. The latest version uses Cocoa and only supports Intel Macs.  
Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 with the Penelope extension installed and enabled.
 
==See also==
If you install Eudora it will automatically find and use your default Thunderbird profile (if it exists).
 
* [[Importing_from_Eudora_-_Thunderbird | Importing from Eudora]]


==External links==
==External links==
'''Download:'''
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4772 Penelope Extension] for Thunderbird,
* [http://www.eudora.com/ Home Page] of the Eudora open-source project.
'''More:'''
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Keybindings Eudora key bindings]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Keybindings Eudora key bindings]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope_Releases Open Source Eudora releases]
* [http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=20078 Mozillazine article] on future Eudora versions based on Mozilla Thunderbird
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2487 Nostalgy  addon] re-creates Eudora's Alt-Click
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_Releases Open Source Eudora releases]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope_Extensions Penelope extension releases]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope_Extensions Penelope extension releases]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope Penelope] project on the Mozilla wiki
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Penelope Penelope] project on the Mozilla wiki
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/119019 Qualcomm sets the record straight on Penelope (Hint: it's not Eudora 8)]
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/119019 Qualcomm sets the record straight on Penelope (Hint: it's not Eudora 8)]
* [http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=20078 Mozillazine article] on Future Eudora Versions Based on Mozilla Thunderbird


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Latest revision as of 21:33, 12 September 2017

Qualcomm announced plans on October 11, 2006 to produce a open source version of Eudora based on Thunderbird, and that once it was available to stop selling Eudora commercially. On Sept 13, 2010 they released Eudora OSE, which had initially been called Eudora 8. Its available for Windows (XP and later versions) OS X (10.4.x and later) and Linux.

Eudora OSE is based on Thunderbird 3.0.4 source code (3.0.4 was released March 30, 2010) and includes a Penelope extension. Almost all of the Eudora specific features are in the Penelope extension. None of the commercial Eudora source code is used in either deliverable. Qualcomm had five developers and a project manager working full time on the project.

Bugs are reported in Mozilla's Bugzilla database just like Thunderbird's. If you install Eudora OSE it will automatically find and use your default Thunderbird profile (if it exists).

Much of the interest in Eudora OSE in the MozillaZine forums has died off due to the slow pace of the project and people realizing how little of what made classic Eudora unique was kept. There doesn't seem to be any information available on future plans. A Eudora clone called Odysseus was developed by another company as a commercial product at the same time. Its now called MailForge. It originally was a cross platform product that supported Windows and both PowerPC and Intel Macs. The latest version uses Cocoa and only supports Intel Macs.

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