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* Try new [[Thunderbird : Tips : Extensions | extensions]] to give added functionality to Thunderbird; you'll be surprised. | |||
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* Try a new [http://update.mozilla.org/themes/?application=thunderbird theme] to give Thunderbird a different look. [http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/themes.html Another source] for themes, and [http://themes.mozdev.org/themeSites.html another]. | * Try a new [http://update.mozilla.org/themes/?application=thunderbird theme] to give Thunderbird a different look. [http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/themes.html Another source] for themes, and [http://themes.mozdev.org/themeSites.html another]. | ||
* Check out the [http://www.texturizer.net/thunderbird/keyboard.html keyboard shortcuts] for Thunderbird. | * Check out the [http://www.texturizer.net/thunderbird/keyboard.html keyboard shortcuts] for Thunderbird. | ||
Revision as of 08:54, 3 October 2004
Hints and Tips
General
- Try new extensions to give added functionality to Thunderbird; you'll be surprised.
- Try a new theme to give Thunderbird a different look. Another source for themes, and another.
- Check out the keyboard shortcuts for Thunderbird.
- Launch Thunderbird using command line options (list is for the Mozilla Suite; not all options work with Thunderbird).
- Read these tips for using anti-virus software with Thunderbird.
- Make regular backups of your email messages, address books, and account settings.
- For best performance, compact folders periodically.
- When something's amiss, try creating a new profile.
Fine-Tuning
- 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 order of accounts in the folders pane.
- 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.
- Change the signature display color (so that everything below "-- " isn't gray).
- Change the menu highlight color (by inserting code into your userChrome.css file).
- Get rid of the colored quote bars and use ">" instead.
- Disable HTML in incoming mail.
- Change the display format for date/time for messages from today, the past week, or all previous dates.
- Disable the warning dialog when you try to send a message without a subject.
Platform-specific tips
More great tips are available at David Tenser's Thunderbird Help: Tips page.
