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== Setting Thunderbird as default mail client ==
The following is a very partial list of links to information on using Thunderbird on Mac OS X. '''Please do not add anything to this page except links'''. If you have a great new OS X tip that isn't already included in the knowledge base or doesn't fit well in an existing article ([[Export_to_Mail.app |example]]), please create a new article and insert your information there, not here.


In Panther, Apple seems to have dumped the Internet panel in System Preferences, where you used to be able to set the default browser, mail reader, etc. You can select Thunderbird as the default mail client in the preferences for Mail.app; after that you need never use it again. ;)
* [[Thunderbird : FAQs : Default mail client|Setting Thunderbird as default mail client]]
* [[Default news reader|Setting Thunderbird as default news reader]]
* [[Importing and exporting your mail|Importing local folders from Mail]]
* [[Export to Mail.app|Exporting mailbox from Thunderbird to import into Mail.app]]
* [[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac]]
* [[Changing the web browser invoked by Thunderbird]]


Or you can use [http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet/ More Internet] as described in the NNTP section below.
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== Setting Thunderbird as default news reader ==
 
You can use Monkeyfood's [http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet/ More Internet PreferencePane]. Look for ''news'' and ''nntp'' in the list of protocols. If they are there, click ''Change''. If not, click ''Add...''. You will end up in a standard File Dialog. Select Thunderbird.
 
You can also use Classic's Internet control panel to set this.
 
== Importing local folders from Mail ==
 
There is not (yet?) a formal import tool, but you can do it manually [http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040401075611985].
 
== Exporting mailbox from Thunderbird to import into Mail.app ==
 
No formal tool exists for this step either.  However, Thunderbird users may have a need to do this for one reason or another (as I did). I accomplished this task manually by doing the following:
 
* Navigate to <tt>~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/youruserprofile/Mail/Local Folders/</tt>
* Identify mailboxes you seek to use in Mail.app
* Each mailbox has three pieces to it - i.e. "inbox.sbd", "inbox.msf" and "inbox" with no extension
* Take the file with no extension, hold down the option key (so it also stays in the folder) and drag it to the desktop
* rename with '.mbox' as file extension, for example "inbox" becomes "inbox.mbox"
* Open Mail.app and select File Import, choose other and navigate to the desktop and click Choose
* Your mailbox(es) should appear in the import window and will import into Mail.app

Latest revision as of 23:49, 12 November 2010

The following is a very partial list of links to information on using Thunderbird on Mac OS X. Please do not add anything to this page except links. If you have a great new OS X tip that isn't already included in the knowledge base or doesn't fit well in an existing article (example), please create a new article and insert your information there, not here.