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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 control panel, 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]]


Alternatively, you can use Classic's Internet control panel.
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== 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

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.