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In order to get all the Thunderbird articles ready for categorizing, I'm listing up all the articles here and trying to put them into the appropriate categories (as it was done here with the Firefox articles). As far as I know, the list below shows all TB articles, except those created within the past month or so. --wintogreen 07:09, 17 October 2005 (PDT)

Notes:

• An asterisk in parentheses "(*)" after an article listed below means it is appears in both the Main category and in the Issues category. Some of these may be duplicates of articles already listed but with different surrounding text; some of these should get their own redirects to make them look like Issues. E.g., Compacting folders how has its own redirect called Folder contains few messages but is huge on disk to go in the Issues category, since "Compacting folders" by itself doesn't express the issue that people are experiencing. See other suggested redirects below.
• I'm using strikethrough to indicate articles that have already been placed in the proper categories. An article without a strikethrough might need to be categorized, have its category changed, or have a category added (esp. for Issues, which will all be cross-listed in other categories).

Main: all articles

All Thunderbird articles from the old FAQs, Tips, and Issues are combined here.

Mail (Thunderbird)

E-mail account setup (Thunderbird)

• Basic e-mail account configuration (a guide for beginners)
• Use webmail, including Gmail, Hotmail, MSN, AOL, or Yahoo! Mail, with Thunderbird
• One Inbox (global Inbox) for multiple e-mail accounts
• Multiple identities (return addresses) for one e-mail account
• Multiple SMTP (outgoing mail) servers or accounts
• SMTP (outgoing mail) authentication
• redirect: Newly created account does not appear in folder pane
• How to setup Netscape Mail for Thunderbird

Sending and receiving mail (Thunderbird)

• Download mail for all accounts at once
• Automatically download new messages
• Cannot send mail; problems with outgoing server. (*)
• Error message when getting mail: "This folder is being processed". (*)
• Duplicate messages are received when downloading mail. (*)
• I receive an alert saying I have new messages, but no new messages appear in my Inbox. (*)
• Forwarded messages are not readable by the people I sent them to. (*)
• Resending a message

Composing messages (Thunderbird)

• Add signatures to e-mails
• In replies, begin above/below the quoted message
• Quote only selected text when replying (Thunderbird)
• Reply indicators
• Use plain text (ASCII) instead of HTML/MIME
• Set the default font for outgoing messages
• Create and use message templates
• Add dictionaries, including in other languages -> decided to just leave this in the main Thunderbird category
• Add inline spell-checking or auto-correction

Organizing and finding messages (Thunderbird)

• Show Inbox when starting Thunderbird
• Searching messages
• Saved Search
• Message Grouping
• Junk Mail Controls
• Filters (Thunderbird)
• Duplicate messages received (suggested redirect: Removing duplicate messages)
• Junk mail isn't moved to the Junk folder. (*) (needs good redirect)
• Archiving your e-mail
• Message aging

Displaying and printing messages (Thunderbird)

• Read messages in plain text, without formatting or HTML
• Printing messages without full headers
• Print selected text in message
• Cannot view images in messages. (*)
• Incoming messages have a dot (period) at the end which was not typed by the sender. (*)
• Some messages have strange characters in their body text when displayed. (*)
• How do I change the date/time format? (also listed in Visual Customizations) (*)

Address Book (Thunderbird)

• Sort the entries by last name
• Create and use a mailing list (without typing the addresses one at a time)
• Import an address list from a text file
• Rename the Personal Address Book and Collected Addresses
• Run Thunderbird's Address Book from the command line
• Move an address book to another profile
• Synchronize my Address Book with my Palm OS PDA
• Enter more than two email address for an address book entry
• Import from Mac OS X Address Book (also listed in Migrating)
• Import Outlook contacts (also listed in Migrating)

Uncategorized Mail (Thunderbird) articles

• Specify a different IMAP Trash folder.
• Detach or delete attachments from messages.
• What are "Local Folders" for? Can I change the name or get rid of them?
• Tips for using antivirus software with Thunderbird. (*)
• Mail disappears from Thunderbird. (*) (also listed in Profiles)
• redirect: Folder contains few messages but is huge on disk
• redirect: Reappearing messages
• Cannot delete IMAP folders. (*)
• How do I set Thunderbird as my default mail client?
• For best performance, compact folders periodically. (listed elsewhere, but with different surround text)
• Folder pane not shown (*)
• Recover e-mail from a deleted account

Profiles

• Find your profile folder
• Use the Profile Manager
• Back up and restore profiles
• Changing your profile folder location (also listed in Migrating)
• Move your e-mail storage location
• Combine two profiles
• When I try to launch Thunderbird, it says my profile is already in use. (*)
• Mail disappears from Thunderbird (aka "Thunderbird lost my profile). (*) (also listed in Mail/Misc) (suggested redirect: Profile lost (??)) --> can't think of a good redirect for this, so leaving it for now
• Password-protected profile (also listed in Security)

Migration (mail)

• Move e-mail and settings to and from other programs
• Migrate from Mozilla Suite or Netscape to Thunderbird
• Migrate from Thunderbird to Mozilla Suite
• Import from Outlook Express
• Export mail into Outlook (Express) or Apple Mail
• Importing from Eudora (Thunderbird) (*)
• Export to Mail.app
• redirect: Moving your profile to another computer
• Thunderbird shows empty folders after migrating my profile. (*)
• Import from Mac OS X Address Book (also listed in Address Book)
• Import Outlook contacts (also listed in Address Book)

Newsgroups (Thunderbird)

• Join a newsgroup
• Display full (not abbreviated) newsgroup names
• Sort newsgroups alphabetically, or in any other order
• Make Thunderbird your default news reader.

RSS (Thunderbird)

• How do I set up an RSS account and subscribe to RSS feeds?
• How do I use a proxy server with RSS feeds?
• How can I get Thunderbird's RSS reader to use cookies?
• redirect: Animated images in RSS feeds (Thunderbird)

Privacy and security

• How do I block/unblock the loading of remote images in messages?
• Password-protected profile (also listed in Profiles)
• How do I set or reset a master password?
• How do I install/import an S/MIME certificate?
• How do I import a certificate authority (CA) certificate? What do I do if my personal certificate is not trusted by Thunderbird?
• How do I get an S/MIME certificate for secure e-mail?
• Thunderbird forgets my password. (*)

Visual customizations (Thunderbird)

Some of these can also go into the "Display and printing messages" subcategory in "Mail".

• Try a new theme to give Thunderbird a different look.
• Customize the toolbar: add/remove buttons, change the placement of buttons, etc.
• Arrange the columns in the message-list pane.
• Show expanded columns in the folders pane for number of unread messages, total, or size.
• Change the fonts used in the folders pane, message-list pane, and menus.
• Change the background color in the preview pane and other panes.
• Change the color of links in messages or turn off the underlining of links.
• Signature display color
• Get rid of the colored quote bars
• Change the display format for date and time for messages from today, the past week, or all previous dates. (also listed in Reading and Printing Messages) (*)
• Attachment pane height (Thunderbird)
• Scrollbar for expanded message headers

Extensions (Thunderbird)

• Try new extensions to give added functionality to Thunderbird; you'll be surprised.
• Uninstalling extensions
• Safe Mode: use this to start up Thunderbird with all your extensions disabled (useful for debugging)

Keyboard and mouse (Thunderbird)

• Keyboard shortcuts (Thunderbird)
• Keyconfig extension: Thunderbird

Issues (Thunderbird)

Articles from the Thunderbird : Issues page.

Mail transfer issues (Thunderbird)

• Cannot send mail; problems with outgoing server. (*)
• Error message when getting mail: "This folder is being processed". (*)
• Duplicate messages are received when downloading mail. (*)
• I receive an alert saying I have new messages, but no new messages appear in my Inbox. (*)
• Forwarded messages are not readable by the people I sent them to. (*)

Message display issues (Thunderbird)

• Cannot view images in messages. (*)
• Incoming messages have a dot (period) at the end which was not typed by the sender. (*)
• Some messages have strange characters in their body text when displayed. (*)
• redirect: Date not shown for recent messages

Migration issues (Thunderbird)

Note: since there are only two articles, these can go into the general "Issues" category.

• Thunderbird shows empty folders after migrating my profile. (*)
• Mail imported from Eudora is littered with html tags in the message body. (*)

Uncategorized Issues articles

• Mail disappears from Thunderbird. (*) (also add suggested redirect: Profile lost (??))
• redirect: Newly created account does not appear in folder pane
• When I try to launch Thunderbird, it says my profile is already in use. (*)
• Thunderbird forgets my password. (*)
• redirect: Folder contains few messages but is huge on disk
• redirect: Reappearing messages
• Cannot delete IMAP folders. (*)
• When using the global Inbox, message filters do not run automatically on incoming mail. They can only be run manually. (*) (suggested redirect: Filters do not run automatically)
• Junk mail isn't moved to the Junk folder. (*)
• Antivirus software problems. (*)
• Folder pane not shown

Uncategorized articles

• Can I run Thunderbird from a USB drive?
• How do I minimize Thunderbird to the system tray? (Windows only)
• How do I upgrade to a newer version of Thunderbird?
• Launch Thunderbird using command line arguments.
• Mac OS X tips (Thunderbird)
• Throbber URL
• Start Page for mail
• Offline Support
• Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac
• Change the order of accounts in the folders pane.

Articles categorized above but to be (?) placed here also

That is to say, there are some articles that should perhaps be placed in the Main TB category but not solely in a subcategory, to make it easier for users to find them.

• redirect: Backing up your mail, address books, and settings
• How do I set Thunderbird as my default mail client?
• Make Thunderbird your default news reader.

To leave out or ignore

These are links listed on FAQs/Tips/Issues pages that were never proper articles in the first place. If anyone thinks they're important, they can be written up into proper articles and categorized as needed.

• I formerly used the Forumzilla extension but now Thunderbird's built-in RSS reader doesn't work for me. What should I do? (probably not an issue anymore, though it was when TB's RSS support first came out)

• Disable the warning dialog when you try to send a message without a subject (now that this extension is available at Mozilla Update, I don't think it needs its own link or article here)
• Change the menu highlight color (by inserting code into your userChrome.css file). (just a random theme tweak, not TB-specific, and probably not all that popular)

• More great tips are available at mozilla.org's Thunderbird Help: Tips & Tricks page. (already linked at mozilla.org and thus easy to find)