Hey Jimmy, This might help! Anyway Good Luck Vicky
If you want the menus to appear native to the Windows Classic appearance,
add the following code to your userChrome.css
file:
/* Windows Classic (9x/Me/2000) style Menus */
Thunderbird can download mail from all accounts when you start the program.
Just add the following code to your user.js file:
// Download mail from all accounts on startup
user_pref("mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new", true);
To turn on Thunderbird:
Press Start, then P, then up arrow, then ENTER, then M and finish with
ENTER.
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Command
Thunderbird
Outlook Express
New Message
Ctrl+M
Ctrl+N
Ctrl+N
Open Message (in new window)
Ctrl+O
Ctrl+O
Close Window
Ctrl+W
Print
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+P
Copy
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+C
Cut
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+X
Delete
Del
Del
Paste
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+V
Select All
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+A
Undo
Ctrl+U
Ctrl+U
Redo
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+Y
Caret Browsing
F7
Feature Not Available
Edit as New
Ctrl+E
Feature Not Available
Expand All Threads
*
Feature Not Available
Collapse All Threads
\
Feature Not Available
Find Again
Ctrl+G
F3
F3
Find Link As You Type
'
Feature Not Available
Find Previous
Ctrl+Shift+G
Shift+F3
Find Text in This Message
Ctrl+F
Forward Message
Ctrl+L
Ctrl+F
Get New Messages for Current Account
Ctrl+T
Get New Messages for All Accounts
Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+M
Toggle Message Pane
F8
Go to Next Message
F
Ctrl+>
Go to Next Unread Message
N
Ctrl+U
Go to Next Unread Thread
T
Ctrl+Shift+U
Go to Previous Message
B
Ctrl+<
Go to Previous Unread Message
P
Feature Not Available
Move to Next Mail Pane
F6
Tab
Move to Search Bar
Ctrl+K
Feature Not Available
Increase Text Size
Ctrl++
Decrease Text Size
Ctrl+-
Restore Text Size
Ctrl+0
Label: None
0
Feature Not Available
Label: Important
1
Feature Not Available
Label: Work
2
Feature Not Available
Label: Personal
3
Feature Not Available
Label: ToDo
4
Feature Not Available
Label: Later
5
Feature Not Available
Mark Message as Read/Unread
M
Ctrl+Q
Mark Thread as Read
R
Ctrl+T
Mark All Read
Ctrl+Shift+C
Ctrl+Shift+A
Mark All Read By Date
C
Feature Not Available
Mark As Junk
J
Feature Not Available
Mark As Not Junk
Shift+J
Feature Not Available
Message Source
Ctrl+U
Ctrl+F3
Reply to Message (sender only)
Ctrl+R
Ctrl+R
Reply to All in Message (all recipients)
Ctrl+Shift+R
Ctrl+Shift+R
Save Message as File
Ctrl+S
Search Messages
Ctrl+Shift+F
Ctrl+Shift+F
Send Message Now
Ctrl+Enter
Ctrl+Enter
Alt+S
Send Message Later
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Send and Receive All Messages
Ctrl+T
F5
F5
Stop
Esc
Esc
Exit
Ctrl+Q
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Thunderbird menu options
File, F, Edit, E, View, V, Go, G, Message, M, Tools, T and Help, H
File menu:
New, N
Open Saved Message., O
Atachments, A
Close, CONTROLL W
Save As, S
Get New Messages, W
Send, unsent messages, D
Subscribe, B
Rename Folder, F2
Compact Folders, F
Empty Trash, Y
Online, L
Page Set Up, U
Print Preview, V
Print, CONTROL P
And Exit, CONTROL Q
Thunderbird Edit Menu
Undo, CONTROL Z
Redo, CONTROL Y
Cut, CONTROL X
Copy, CONTROL C
Paist, CONTROL V
Delete Message, Delete key
Select, S
Find, F
And Folder Properties, O
Thunderbird View Menu
Toolbars, T
Lay out, L
Sort by, S
Messages, M
Threads, E
Header, H
Message Body, B
Display Atachments Inline, A
Text Size, X
Character Encoding, C
Message Sorce, CONTROL U
And Message Sicurity, I
Thunderbird Go Menu
Next, N
Previous, P
And Mail Start Page, S
Thunderbird Message Menu
New Message, CONTROL M
Reply to sender, CONTROL R
Reply to all recipiants, CONTROL plus SHIFT plus R
Forward, CONTROL L
Forward as, O
Edit Message as new, CONTROL E
Open Message, CONTROL O
Move, M
Copy, C
Lable, L
Mark, K
And Creat philter from Message, A
Thunderbird Tools Menu
Address Book, CONTROL 2
Ecstentions, E
Theams, T
Message Philters, F
Run Filters on Folder, R
Junk Mail Controls, J
Run Junck Mail Controls on Folder, U
Delete Mail Marked as Junck in Folder, L
In port, I
Java Script Console, E
Acount Settings, C
And Options, O
Thunderbird Help Menu
Releace Notes, R
Mazilla Thunderbird Help, H
Check for Updates, O
And About Mazilla Thunderbird, A
This is a list of the most common mouse shortcuts in Thunderbird.
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Command
Shortcut
Decrease Text Size
Ctrl/Cmd+Scroll Up
Increase Text Size
Ctrl/Cmd+Scroll Down
New Plain Text Message
1
Shift+Create a new message, which is SHIFT plus CONTROL M.
Plain Text Reply
1
Shift+Reply, Shift+ CONTROL R.
Plain Text Reply All
1
Shift+Reply All
Plain Text Forward
1
Shift+Forward, Shift+ L.
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1: By default, messages are composed in formatted (HTML) format, i.e. with
the ability to use style such as bold, italics, etc.
By holding down Shift when clicking on the Create, Reply, Reply All, and
Forward buttons, a plain text message will be composed instead.
You can create the default message to be in plane text.
If the default setting is to create plain
text messages, holding down Shift will instead create a formatted message.
Tips & Tricks
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This page contains various tips and tricks for Thunderbird. Most of these
tips involve editing of text files on your hard drive and is not recommended
if
you're not familiar with basic file and folder usage. The tips are divided
into four categories and sorted by importance/popularity.
Contents
List of 2 items (contains 2 nested lists)
Program Appearance
List of 7 items nesting level 1
Use different Quote Level Colors
Make newsgroup names appear expanded, not abbreviated
Use Windows XP styled menus
Use Windows Classic (9x/Me/2000) styled menus
Use your own background image for the toolbars
Remove items from the main menu
Change Group by Sort Background Color
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Program Behavior
List of 9 items nesting level 1
Check all IMAP folders for new mail
Don't use the sending progress window
Password protect the message pane (Internet Message Access Protocol only)
Change the reply header
Remember news server states in folder pane
Open mail links in new browser tabs
Change the Advance to Next Unread Message behavior
Change the throbber Uniform Resource Locator
Specify the time to display the new mail notification
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Program Appearance
Definition list of 7 items
Use different Quote Level Colors =
Example of how quote levels can look like with this tip applied.
This tip is very useful because it adds different colors of both the text
and background of different quote levels in messages. This makes it much
easier
to follow a long discussion in newsgroups for example, where the level of
reply quotes can go very deep.
Of course, you can customize the colors in the code below to your own
liking. Add the following code to your
userContent.css
file:
/* Quote Levels Colors */
blockquote[type=cite] {
color: navy !important; background-color: RGB(245,245,245)
!important;
}
blockquote[type=cite] blockquote {
color: maroon !important; background-color: RGB(235,235,235)
!important;
}
blockquote[type=cite] blockquote blockquote {
color: green !important; background-color: RGB(225,225,225)
!important;
}
blockquote[type=cite] blockquote blockquote blockquote {
color: purple !important; background-color: RGB(215,215,215)
!important;
}
blockquote[type=cite] blockquote blockquote blockquote
blockquote {
color: teal !important; background-color: RGB(205,205,205)
!important;
}
Make newsgroup names appear expanded, not abbreviated =
The newsgroup server names appear abbreviated in the folder pane. Add the
following code to your
user.js
file to display the full name instead:
// Don't abbreviate newsgroup names:
user_pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate", false);
Use Windows XP styled menus =
If you are running Windows XP and want your menus to fit in with the default
(Luna) style, add the following code to your
userChrome.css
file:
/* Make menus XP style */
menupopup, popup {
border: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-left-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-top-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-right-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-bottom-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
padding: 2px !important;
background-color: Menu !important;
}
menubar > menu {
border: 1px solid transparent !important;
padding: 2px 5px 2px 7px !important;
margin: 0 !important;
}
menubar > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
background-color : Highlight !important;
color: HighlightText !important;
}
Use Windows Classic (9x/Me/2000) styled menus =
If you want the menus to appear native to the Windows Classic appearance,
add the following code to your
userChrome.css
file:
/* Windows Classic (9x/Me/2000) style Menus */
menupopup, popup {
border: 2px solid !important;
-moz-border-top-colors: ThreeDLightShadow ThreeDHighlight;
-moz-border-right-colors: ThreeDDarkShadow ThreeDShadow;
-moz-border-bottom-colors: ThreeDDarkShadow ThreeDShadow;
-moz-border-left-colors: ThreeDLightShadow ThreeDHighlight;
padding: 1px !important;
}
menubar > menu[disabled="true"] {
border: 1px solid transparent !important;
}
menubar > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
border-top: 1px solid ThreeDHighlight !important;
border-right: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
border-left: 1px solid ThreeDHighlight !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
color: MenuText !important;
}
menubar > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"][open="true"] {
border-top: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
border-right: 1px solid ThreeDHighlight !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid ThreeDHighlight !important;
border-left: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
}
Use your own background image for the toolbars =
In addition to changing themes, you can personalize Thunderbird even more by
using your own toolbar background image. Add the following code to your
userChrome.css
file:
/* Use a background image for the toolbars:
(Substitute your image file for background.gif) */
menubar, toolbox, toolbar, .tabbrowser-tabs {
background-image: url("background.gif") !important;
background-color: none !important;
}
It's easiest to place the image file in the same location as the
userChrome.css
file. The image can be of any image format supported by Thunderbird.
Remove items from the main menu =
Some people like to place all their toolbar items on the same row as the
menu. In order to save horizontal space, you can remove top menu items that
you
don't use. Add the following code to your
userChrome.css
file:
/* Remove the Go and Help menus
(These are just examples. Try changing "Go" to "Edit" or "Message") */
menu[label="Go"], menu[label="Help"] {
display: none !important;
}
Change Group by Sort Background Color =
You can change the background color of the Group by Sort titles ("Today",
"Yesterday", and so on). Just add the following code to your
userChrome.css
file:
/* Override of backgroundcolor for
Group by Sort "Today, Yesterday
and so on ... */
treechildren::-moz-tree-row(dummy) {
background-color: Change this color code to whatever color you want to use.
!important;
margin-bottom: 1px !important;
padding-left: 2px !important;
}
treechildren::-moz-tree-row(dummy, selected) {
background-color: -moz-Dialog !important;
}
treechildren::-moz-tree-row(dummy, selected, focus) {
background-color: Highlight !important;
}
treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(dummy) {
font-weight: bold !important;
}
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Program Behavior
Check all IMAP folders for new mail
Thunderbird can download mail from all accounts when you start the program.
Just add the following code to your
user.js
file:
// Download mail from all accounts on startup
user_pref("mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new", true);
Don't use the sending progress window
You can choose to hide the progress window that appears when sending a
message by adding the following code to your
user.js
file:
// Turn off extra sending window
user_pref("mailnews.show_send_progress", false);
Change the reply header
The standard reply header [author] wrote: can be changed to virtually
anything, so make your e-mails more personalized. Add and modify the
following code
to your
user.js
file, instructions are in the comments:
// Change the reply header
// 0 - No Reply-Text
// 1 - "[Author] wrote:"
// 2 - "On [date] [author] wrote:"
// 3 - User-defined reply header. Use the prefs below in conjunction with
this:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 3);
// If you set 3 for the pref above then you may set the following prefs.
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote", "%s said the following");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondate", "on %s");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_separator", " ");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_colon", ":");
// The end result will be [authorwrote][separator][ondate][colon]
Password protect the message pane (Internet Message Access Protocol only)
With this trick, Mozilla Thunderbird will password protect the message list
pane (also known as the thread pane) by keeping it blank until you log in
and
enter a password for that account.
// Password protect the message list pane
user_pref("mail.password_protect_local_cache", true);
Remember news server states in folder pane
In order to prevent stress on news servers, Thunderbird collapses news
servers by default at startup so that it doesn't check for new messages. You
can
enable the persistence of newsgroups by adding the following code to your
user.js
file:
// Remember news server states in folder pane:
user_pref("news.persist_server_open_state_in_folderpane", true);
Open mail links in new windows or tabs
If you're using Firefox as your browser, you can have mail links open in new
browser tabs (or windows) instead of reusing existing browser windows. To do
this, follow the instructions at the
Firefox Help
site.
Change the Advance to Next Unread Message behavior
When you click on the Next button (or when you select Go > Next > Message or
simply when you press N) you normally advance to the next unread message in
the current folder. If there are no unread messages left in a folder,
Thunderbird will ask if you want to advance to the next folder containing
unread
messages. You can change this behavior by adding (and tweaking) the
following code to your
user.js
file:
// This pref controls the "Advance to next unread message in [x] folder"
behaviour
// 0 - Always go to the next folder without prompting
// 1 - Ask before going (the default behaviour)
// 2 - Never go to the next folder with unread messages
user_pref("mailnews.nav_crosses_folders", 1);
Change the throbber Uniform Resource Locator
When you click on the throbber, you are directed to www.mozilla.org. This
can be changed to any URL by adding the following code to your
user.js
file:
// Click on throbber to go to Thunderbird Help:
user_pref("messenger.throbber.url",
"http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/";);
Specify the time to display the new mail notification
When new mail arrives, a small notification pops up at the bottom-right edge
of the screen. With this tip, you can specify the time to display this
alert.
Add the following code to your
user.js
file:
// Specify the time to display new mail alert (in milliseconds):
user_pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 4000);
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Configuration?
When you open Thunderbird for the first time, you need to create a new
account, I will try to show you this step by step.
First click on "Create a new account".
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Select "Email account" and press next.
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Fill in your name and email address, press next.
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Now you are asked to fill in the incoming server, for me it's
"mail.zoper.com", you may be asked for outgoing server aswell, usually this
is the same server,
press next.
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Now you are asked to fill in your user name for your email provider, for
example "jsmith", press next.
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Now you are asked what you would like to call this account, choose yourself,
press next.
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You will get a summary, check your information, and if everything is ok
press finish.
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Mark your email address and press "Get mail".
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You are immediatly asked for the password to your email account, fill in and
press OK, you can also choose if you want Thunderbird to remember the
password.
If you now have filled everything in correctly, you should now be able to
enjoy Thunderbird. :)
A short explanation of the options you got on the hot-bar:
Get Mail:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The get mail button will connect your Thunderbird client to your mail server
and look for new messages. In the bottom left corner you will get a message
if you have new email.
Write:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The write button opens a new window, where you can write your mail, edit
attachments and send it.
Address Book:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Pressing the address book button will also open a new window, you will now
be able to see which mail address you currently got, you can also add new
cards,
send a instant message or chat with someone who is in your address book, I
will elaborate on the address book in part 4.
Reply:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The reply button will open and new window, including the text from the mail
highlighted in your inbox.
Reply all:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Will include all recipients of the email replied to, i.e. everybody listed
in the To or Copy field will receive the reply.
Forward:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The forward button opens a new window, with the highlighted message either
as an attachment, or inlined (included as text) in the new message.
Delete:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The delete button will delete the highlighted mail message, if you're a fan
of the keyboard the delete button has the same function.
Junk:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The junk button will mark the highlighted message as junk (AKA spam).
Print:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The print button will print the highlighted message.
Stop:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The stop button will abort the current event, useful for example if you want
to abort sending a big message, or stop downloading thousands of messages
from
newsgroups.
How to read mail:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
When opening your Thunderbird client it will automatically connect to mail
server and look for new mail, these mails will then be downloaded to your
domestic
inbox, viewed as a subfolder of your email address on the left. Click on the
inbox and your mail messages will show to the right.
Having Thunderbird up and idle, you need to press the Get mail button to
make the client check for new messages, unless you've told Thunderbird to
check
for messages automatically (this is possible under Tools -> Account
settings).
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 3
Well, you should now be able to receive mail, in this part of the
introduction i will try to show you how to write/send mail and attach a
signature. Functions
that add a nice touch to your mailing skills. :)
How to make a signature:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Open your notepad or any text editing program, any will do, just remember to
save the file as plain text. It's up to you what you want in your signature,
however, I would suggest you add your name and how you can be reached. A
link to your personal and/or business webpage can also be added. Save your
signature
as a text file wherever you like.
How to attach a signature:
Open your Thunderbird, go to Tools-->Settings.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
List of 4 items
. Highlight your mail address on the left hand side.
. Check the box which says "Attach this signature".
. With the browse button to the right, locate your signature.txt.
. Press ok.
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There, easy? Send a mail to yourself to see the result, if you don't like it
you can always edit the text file.
How to write/send mail:
In this part of the introduction I will only show you how to send a mail,
address book and other more "advanced" functions will come in part 4.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
You got two options, either use the button on the hotbar, or press "Write
new message", this will open a new window, where you can edit your mail and
send
it.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
As you see, my signature is already added in the bottom, all I have to do is
add the message I want to send. For anyone to receive your mail message you
need to fill in a mail address, this is done in the "to" field, just click
on it and a cursor will appear to show you that you're in the right field.
In the "subject field" add a topic of your mail message, if you don't
specify a subject (you don't have to) you will be asked to do so before the
mail message
is sent.
Press send :)
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 4
Once in a while, you may need to attach a file to your email message. Part 4
will mainly revolve around editing attachments and what buttons you got on
the hotbar in the address book. By now you should be able to navigate fairly
well in the Thunderbird user interface, so I'm going to give a few more
pointers
in this part than the previous :)
How to edit attachments:
The first thing you need to do is open a new message.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Having done that, you need to press the attachment button, right next to the
attachment button is there also an arrow; you've got 2 choices, either
attach
a file or a web address. Click on the attachment button, and a window for
browsing your folders will appear for your hard drive.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Locate the file you want to attach from your local directory, and press
open. Your mail message has now a file attached. If you want to add more
attachments
to the same email simply repeat the process. If you want to attach a web
page, simply choose "Attach web page" and fill in the URL.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
A short explanation on the address book hotbar:
New card:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
This button will allow you to create a new card in your address book, a new
card can be a contact person, business relations etc.
New list:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
This button will open a window where you can create and/or edit an existing
mailing list.
Properties:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Let you edit the highlighted card in your address
Write:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Will open a new window for writing a message, to the person highlighted in
the address book.
IM:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Chat function, this is not functional yet.
Delete:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
The delete button will delete the highlighted card from your address book.
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 5
One of the best features about Thunderbird is the spam (junk) mail filter.
Thunderbird has a built-in filter which can be adjusted and tuned in for
your
own pleasure. You may need to spend a week or two training it what's spam
and what's not spam, but it will be worth it. :)
The first you need to do is localize the settings panel for the spam filter,
if you go Tools > Junk Mail Control you should get this window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Screenshot of Thunderbird
In the top of the first screenshot you can choose which account these
settings will apply for, as some accounts require their own filter settings.
In the
second screenshot above you see the junk controls are turned off by default,
so the first thing you want to do is check the box which says "Enable junk
mail controls."
The junk button
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Now, Thunderbird uses something called "Bayesian filtering", in other words
you need to teach the mail client what is spam, and what isn't. You can
either
highlight a mail message and press the junk button, or you can right click
on a mail and mark as "Junk" or "Not junk". By checking and unchecking mail
you're teaching Thunderbird which emails are spam. After a few weeks the
client should be able to remove 99%+ of the spam that dumps into your inbox.
Images
Another trick for preventing spam is to disable remote images from loading.
This ensures spammers cannot embed secret images in their e-mail and track
you
when you open them. Go to Edit > Options > Advanced (for some this might be
Tools > Options > Advanced) and disable "Loading of remote images", this
will
help alleviate your "Spam problem." :)
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Importing e-mail and addresses
Changing to a new mail client doesn't have to be difficult, as long as you
have a proper guide to help you. :) In this part of the introduction I will
try
to show you how to import and migrate all your information from your old
mail client. Clients I will talk about are Outlook, Netscape and Eudora. Big
topic,
so buckle up. :)
If you go to Tools > Import, you will get this window, here you have 3
choices, I'll talk about two of them, importing email and address books.
Importing mail
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Now, the first I will do is import mail from my other account, I check the
box which says mail, then press next.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Depending on which client you used before switching to Thunderbird, you
check the box, I will for this example use Eudora, press next.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
As you see, you will get a notification of what Thunderbird has imported
from your other mail client, the last step to finish the import is to press
the
"Finish" button. :)
Screenshot of Thunderbird
As you see, I've highlighted my folder for imported mail. Thunderbird will
make a sub folder in your local folders, so your mail doesn't get mixed up
with
other mail. To import mail from another client simply repeat the procedure.
Now, was that difficult?
Importing address book
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Importing your address book is a must for many, to import your address-book
from the other client, check for address book and press next.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Choose what client you want to import from and press next, I will use
Outlook Express in this example.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Once again you get a notification of what action Thunderbird has done, this
message will vary depending on what type of address book you have imported.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Opening your address book, you will see Thunderbird has added the imported
book to the list of addresses.
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 7
Before I start this part of the Thunderbird series, I would like to
apologize for not being able to answer all the questions coming to my inbox.
:) I appreciate
all the positive feedback, and I will try to answer as soon as possible.
Regardless, some of the issues will be coming shortly in a future part of
this
series.
Filters, sorting your emails to different folders
Having a big flow of e-mail's dropping in your inbox can be time consuming
to read, to deal with this and save yourself some time, and be able to read
the
right e-mails first, you might want to add a filter so Thunderbird can place
the different mails in different folders. In this article I will try to show
you how to make such a filter.
First thing you need to do is create a new folder, I will use the folder
"Sales" as the target mail folder.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
As you see I've highlighted "Local Folders", right click in "Folders" menu
and choose "New folder", you will now get this window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Name your folder (I used "Sales", choose whatever you like), choose where it
should be located and press "OK".
Screenshot of Thunderbird
If things are done right, you should now have a new subfolder under "Local
folders". You can also choose to make a new folder during the setup of
making
a filter, I found it more easy to make the folder first.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Go Tools > Message Filters and you will get this window, to make a new
filter press "New". As you see from the screenshot you can choose which
account this
filter will apply for. Pressing "New", you will get this window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
First you want to give the new filter a name, I use "Sales" for this
example. Now, the settings are the real limit for what you want here. The
best way
is to explore a bit on your own for what settings you want. I made a filter
which filters mail with comes to the mail address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
and
place them in the folder "Sales". As you see from the screenshot you can
make a new folder here too, if you want. When you are done, press "OK", and
you'll
get this window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
You now have a new filter :) You can change the
settings/add/remove/disable/enable filters as you like. Play a little,
explore. :)
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 8
Newsgroups
I've got a lot of questions about when/if Thunderbird will have a newsgroup
option, the answer is simple, it's already there. :) In this article i will
try to show you how to set up such an account.
First, go Tools > Account Settings > Add Account..., and you will get this
window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Choose "Newsgroup" and press "Finish"
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Fill in your e-mail address and the name you want displayed, when this is
done press "next".
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Now you need to fill in the news server, now I don't know which one you want
to use for this account, however, I'm going to use "news.mozilla.org".
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Name this newsgroup, choose whatever you like, I'm going to use
"news.mozilla.org" for this example.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Check your input, verify it by pressing "Finish". :)
Screenshot of Thunderbird
You should now have a new folder under Local folders named
"news.mozilla.org", highlight and rightclick on the folder and choose
"subscribe". Now it's really
up to you what you want. :) Double click, or highlight and press "Subscribe"
to activate.
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Adjust and choose what suits you. Ready to go. :) Enjoy.
An introduction to Thunderbird, part 9
Thunderbird and themes
From one time to another you can grow tired of looking at the same theme all
the time, by "theme" I mean the the look of the user interface. If you do
grow tired of the theme, there is something you can do about it, throughout
this article I will try to show you how you can swap the looks on the
Mozilla
Thunderbird interface.
Start up the Thunderbird client, head to Tools > Themes, if you navigated
correctly, you should be looking at this window:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
In the bottom right corner of the window you have a hyperlink which says
"Get new themes"; press it. Thunderbird will now open the link using your
default
browser, and you are directed to the Themes download page. Download the
theme you want to try, remember it's really not a hassle to remove it if you
don't
want it. When you have downloaded the new theme, go back to Thunderbird,
Tools > Themes. In the bottom right corner of the window you have a button
named
"Install New Theme", press it. Locate your downloaded file and press "OK".
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Press "OK". You will now have to close Thunderbird and start it again, if
you have done the process correctly your Thunderbird should now have a
completely
new look, check out the one I tested:
Screenshot of Thunderbird
Screenshot of Thunderbird
There you go, almost like a whole new application. :) As you download new
themes you can chose a new one whenever you feel like it. All you have to do
is
go Tools > Themes and choose one of the other themes. Bon apetite! :)
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