QuickTips Index
How to Fix Mozilla Thunderbird Not Starting
Instead of starting, Mozilla Thunderbird complains about a profile in use or another instance "already running, but not responding"? Here's how to kill processes and delete hidden lock files to help Mozilla Thunderbird run again. Sounds fun?
How to Log POP, IMAP and SMTP Traffic in Mozilla Thunderbird
Make helpful support people happy (and extra helpful) support people, or find out yourself what might be wrong with your email settings by taking a close look at what Mozilla Thunderbird does — and what happens — when you try to send or receive mail.
How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Mozilla Thunderbird
Do you want to download mail from your Windows Live Hotmail account into Mozilla Thunderbird? Here's how easy this is to set up with a smart tool that translates between the two.
How to Organize Mail Flexibly Using Virtual Folders in Mozilla Thunderbird
Want to see all but at the same time only the relevant mail in Mozilla Thunderbird? Here's how to create folders that automatically aggregate messages from all other folders based on your search criteria.
How to Add a Background Image to a Message in Mozilla Thunderbird
Use an image as your background when you write an email in Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to Filter as Spam Mail from People Not in Your Mozilla Thunderbird Contacts
If your email address is known by your best friends only and you know the email addresses of these friends, treating anything not from these senders as junk works wonders. In Mozilla Thunderbird, you can set up a filter that does just that in mere minutes.
How to Group Messages in Mozilla Thunderbird
Collapse all old mail in a folder, or see only the messages with high importance in your Mozilla Thunderbird Inbox. Grouping by sort order makes it all possible.
How to Sort Mail by the Order It Was Received in Mozilla Thunderbird
Apply an often more sensible order to your Inbox in Mozilla Thunderbird: sorting by date with a twist.
How to Send an Email to Undisclosed Recipients in Mozilla Thunderbird
Mail groups in Mozilla Thunderbird without revealing the names and email addresses to all recipients.
Mozilla Thunderbird Turns Email Addresses and URLs into Links Automatically
Type email addresses and addresses of web pages you want to include in your emails. Mozilla Thunderbird will do the rest.
How to Access AOL Mail in Mozilla Thunderbird
Use Mozilla Thunderbird to manage mail in your AOL email account (and send from your AOL address, too).
How to Access an AIM Mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird
You can have your mail in the web-based AIM Mail and see it in Mozilla Thunderbird, too. Here's how to access a free AIM Mail account with Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to Delete Attachments from a Message in Mozilla Thunderbird
Delete attached files from emails you have received in Mozilla Thunderbird to save mailbox space while still saving the messages for reference. You can even replace the attachment with a link to the file on your hard disk.
How to Access Gmail with Mozilla Thunderbird
All you need to know is your Gmail address, and you're ready to access all the mail it receives in Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to Remove Old Mail Automatically in Mozilla Thunderbird
Keep only the last 900 messages in your "Trash" or remove items from RSS feeds after 3 months. Mozilla Thunderbird can trim folders automatically and very flexibly for you.
How to Save Drafts Automatically in Mozilla Thunderbird
Watch Mozilla Thunderbird save draft copies of your messages as you compose them, automatically and in the background (just in case).
How to Report a Mozilla Thunderbird Bug or Suggest a Feature or Improvement
Have you found a bug in Mozilla Thunderbird or want to suggest a feature? Here's where to go and what to do.
How to Import Mail from Outlook Express in Mozilla Thunderbird
It's easy, fast and effortless to import all your email messages from Outlook Express into Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to Delete a Message Without Opening it First in Mozilla Thunderbird
As soon as you click on a message, Mozilla Thunderbird shows it. Here's how to stop that and delete emails without opening them first.
How to Access a Free Yahoo! Mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird
Download mail from your Yahoo! Mail account into Mozilla Thunderbird and send messages through the former from the powerful desktop email program, too.
How to Print Incoming Mail Automatically in Outlook
Have Outlook send messages to the printer as they arrive. You can set up filtering criteria to print only certain messages, too.
How to Export Mail from Thunderbird to Outlook Express and Other Email Programs
Migrate all your mail from Mozilla Thunderbird to Outlook Express, from where you can further export it to other email programs, if necessary.
How to Start Mozilla Thunderbird in Safe Mode to Uninstall Broken Extensions
Mozilla Thunderbird does not start? Possibly, it's a faulty extension. Here's how you can launch Mozilla Thunderbird in a special "safe" mode that disables all extension so you can get rid of the problematic ones.
How to Prevent Mozilla Thunderbird from Marking Mail Read in the Preview Pane
You cannot stop Mozilla Thunderbird from marking mail read when it shows in the preview pane altogether, but you can prevent that from happening for a long time. Usually, this will be good enough.
How to Back Up or Copy Your Mozilla Thunderbird Profile (Email, Settings,...)
Copy all your Mozilla Thunderbird data (emails, contacts, settings, filters, junk mail training data and more) to a new computer, different partition or backup location.
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