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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

How to Use Mozilla Thunderbird

How to Use Mozilla Thunderbird

How to Use Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird Mail

Mozilla Thunderbird Mai

What is Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform application for managing email and news feeds. It is a local (rather than a web-based) emailapplication that is powerful yet easy-to-use. See the Thunderbird features page for a summary of the new features included in the latest version.

Who makes Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is developed, tested, translated and supported by the folks at Mozilla Messaging and by a group of dedicated volunteers. Mozilla Messaging (“MoMo” for short) is a sister project to Mozilla Corporation, the folks who make the Firefox browser. Both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.

Why should I use Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is free. Thunderbird has lots of cool features. Thunderbird gives you control and ownership over your email. There are lots of add-ons available for Thunderbird that enable you to extend and customize your email experience. Thunderbird is part of the Mozilla Manifesto, a pledge that describes Mozilla’s commitment to an open, accessible, egalitarian Internet.

Is Thunderbird free?

Yes! Thunderbird is open source software. Anyone can download and use the program for free, and view and modify the source code under the terms of the license.

Where can I download Thunderbird?

Download Thunderbird here. For different languages, go here. For source code and earlier or beta versions, go to the ftp site.

Is Thunderbird available in my language?

Probably. Thunderbird has many dedicated volunteer translators who work to translate each version. Check here.

Is Thunderbird available for my platform?

Probably. Windows, Mac and Linux are available from the download page. For other operating systems, you can build from the sources available from the ftp site.

Where is my personal information (such as my messages, passwords, account information, etc) stored?

Thunderbird stores your personal stuff on your local drive. If you are using the IMAP protocol for accessing messages, you may also store messages on your email server, but this is entirely optional. See IMAP Synchronization for more information.

Where can I get help with using Thunderbird?

This site (the Knowledge Base) has a growing number of articles that may help you. Check out Thunderbird’s community support site, where you can ask a question or search for issues (and answers) similar to your own. The MozillaZine community has a library of articles and a forum for Mozilla products (including Thunderbird).

Because of the ratio of Thunderbird staff to Thunderbird users (about 15 to 5,000,000) we cannot provide direct support services. Instead we rely on our community to help each other, and hope that Thunderbird users will become Thunderbird community members. (See below on how to help.)

Can I help?

Yes!

  • Encourage other people to try Thunderbird. See the Spread Thunderbird site for ideas.
  • Help out other Thunderbird users on the support site.
  • Help with the Thunderbird testing and QA effort.
  • Write documentation for end users.
  • For programmers, the easiest place to get started is with writing extensions. Core development processes and resources are described here.

How to Use Mozilla Thunderbird

People who email have a choice to make. Do we keep our email on the web or do we download it to our computer? The former keeps us safer but prevents offline access. The latter gives us easy access to browse at our leisure, but can also cause problems from the expected, like viruses, to the big surprises, like having your email program crash and lose all your mail. Mozilla’s Thunderbird give you an alternative to Outlook and Eudora and it’s a way to have your email without risking losing it.

Instructions

THUNDERBIRD DOWNLOAD

Go to the Mozilla site and determine if your computer will be able to use Thunderbird. Most systems are compatible; there are versions available for various versions of Windows, Linux and Mac. Download the installation file.

Open the installation file and follow the steps to install Thunderbird on your computer. It is an easy installation, just select the typical install option.

Answer the questions as it prompts you. You will have to tell it your email address and password. When it asks you if you want to keep your email on the server play it safe and say yes. That way you have it on your computer locally, but you also have it backed up on the net. You can also fix this later after you’ve completed installation.

GMAIL POP/IMAP SERVER SETTINGS

Go online to your email account. You will need to go to “Settings” to tell your email server to enable pop access and imap access. Decide whether you want to start fresh with your email from now on, or download the whole thing. I recommend starting fresh.

GMAIL POP/IMAP SERVER SETTINGS

GMAIL POP/IMAP SERVER SETTINGS

Go to your contacts list in your online account. There should be an option on the page that allows you to export your contacts list. Export it in .csv format and you will be able to import it into Thunderbird. Just go to “Tools” on the Thunderbird menu.

THUNDERBIRD MAIN PAGE

THUNDERBIRD MAIN PAGE

Close your browser and open Thunderbird. It should download all your email.

EXPORT CONTACTS.

Setting Up Your POP or IMAP Email Address with Mozilla Thunderbird

This tutorial will help you set up the Mozilla Thunderbird™ e-mail client to work with your e-mail account.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird

  1. In Mozilla Thunderbird, from the Tools menu select Account Settings.
  2. Select Email account, and then click Next.
  3. Enter your name and e-mail address.
  4. Select POP or IMAP as the type of incoming server you are using. Your incoming server ispop.secureserver.net for POP, or imap.secureserver.net for IMAP. Click Next.
  5. Enter your e-mail address for the Incoming User Name, and Outgoing User Name. Click Next.
  6. Enter a name for your email account and click Next.
  7. Verify your account information and click Finish.
  8. In the Account Settings window, select Outgoing Server listed below your new account.
  9. Type smtpout.secureserver.net for the Server Name and change the Port setting to 80.
  10. NOTE: “smtpout.secureserver.net” is an SMTP relay server. In order to use this server to send e-mails, you must first activate SMTP relay on your e-mail account. Log on to your Manage Email Accounts page to set up SMTP relay. If you do not have SMTP relay set up and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allows it, you can use the outgoing mail server for your Internet Service Provider. Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.

  11. Select Use name and password and enter your e-mail address. Thunderbird will ask you for your password the first time you try to send mail. Click OK.
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