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Introduction and Configuring Thunderbird Email Account

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Welcome to the Tutorial on Introduction to Mozilla Thunderbird

Welcome to the Tutorial on Introduction to Mozilla Thunderbird

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Learning Objectives

  • About Mozilla Thunderbird
  • How to download, install and launch Thunderbird

In this tutorial we will learn

  • About Mozilla Thunderbird and
  • How to download, install and launch Thunderbird.
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Learning Objectives

  • Congure a new email account
  • Download and read messages
  • Compose and send mail messages
  • Log out of Thunderbird

We will also learn how to:

  • Configure a new email account
  • Download and read messages
  • Compose and send mail messages
  • Log out of Thunderbird
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Mozilla Thunderbird Features

  • Simple email client
  • Cross platform software
  • Allows to download email
  • Messages
    • From your other mail accounts
    • To your local computer
  • Manage multiple email accounts

Mozilla Thunderbird

  • Is a simple email client.
  • It is a cross platform software, which means it can run on various operating systems.
  • It allows you to download email messages
    • From your other mail accounts
    • To your local computer.
  • It also lets you manage multiple email accounts.
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Advanced Features

  • Import all your email data
  • Like Mail folders and Address book
  • From other mail accounts
  • Like Gmail, Yahoo and Eudora

Use POP3 -

  • Combine all POP3 accounts
  • Single "Inbox" in Thunderbird

Group messages by attributes such as:

  • Date
  • Sender
  • Priority
  • Custom label

Thunderbird also has some advanced features.

  • You can import all your email data like Mail folders and Address book from other mail accounts like Gmail, Yahoo and Eudora

If you use POP3, you can

  • Combine all POP3 accounts into a
  • Single Inbox in Thunderbird.

You can group messages by attributes such as

  • Date,
  • Sender,
  • Priority or a
  • Custom label.
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System Requirements

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Here we are using

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1 on
  • Ubuntu 12.04.
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  • Mozilla Thunderbird can be installed by using Ubuntu Software Centre.
  • For more information on

Ubuntu Software Centre,

  • Please visit

http://spoken-tutorial.org

  • If you do not have Mozilla Thunderbird installed on your computer, you can install it by using Ubuntu Software Centre.
  • For more information on

Ubuntu Software Centre,

  • Please visit this website.
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Download Thunderbird Website: http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/

You can also download and install Thunderbird from the Mozilla website.

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Download Thunderbird Also available for

Mozilla Thunderbird is also available for

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 or later versions such as
  • MS Windows XP or
  • Windows 7.
  • For more information about this,

please visit the Mozilla website.

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Prerequisite

  • Must have at least two valid email addresses.
  • The POP3 option must be enabled in both the email accounts.
  • Ensure you are connected to the Internet.

To use Mozilla Thunderbird:

  • You must have at least two valid email addresses.

You must also ensure that:

  • POP3 option is enabled in the email accounts
  • And you must ensure that you are connected to the Internet.
Let’s launch Thunderbird.
Switch to Thunderbird.

First, click Dash Home, which is the round button, on the top left corner of your computer desktop.

First, click on Dash Home, which is the round button, on the top left corner of your computer desktop.


Point to the Search box. The Search box appears.
  • Now type Thunderbird.
  • Point to the Thunderbird icon.
  • Click on it to open the application.
  • Now type Thunderbird.
  • The Thunderbird icon appears.
  • Click on it to open the application.
Point to the Mail Account Setup dialog box. The Mail Account Setup dialog box opens.

Let’s close this by clicking on the Red Cross button on the top-left.

The Mozilla Thunderbird application opens.
First, let’s familiarise ourselves with the Mozilla Thunderbird interface.
Point to the Main menu. The Mozilla Thunderbird interface has a Main menu with various options.
  • Move the mouse over the shortcut buttons.
  • Point to the shortcut icons for Get Mail, Write, and Address Book.
  • Short cut icons are available below the Main menu on the Menu bar.
  • For example, there are shortcut icons for Get Mail, Write, and Address Book.
Thunderbird is divided into two panels.
Point to the left pane.
  • The left panel displays the folders in your Thunderbird account.
  • As we have not configured a mail account yet, this panel will not display any folders now.
Point to the right pane. The right panel consists of options for Email, Accounts, Advanced Features and so on.
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Mail Accounts Created two email accounts

  • STUSERONE@gmail.com
  • STUSERTWO@yahoo.in


For the purpose of this tutorial, we have already

Created two email accounts.for the purpose of this tutorial. They are:

  • STUSERONE at gmail dot com
  • STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in

We recommend that you use 2 of your email accounts.

I have also enabled the POP3 option in these two mail accounts.
How did I enable POP3 in Gmail?
Open a fresh Firefox browser.

Type www.gmail.com In the User Name enter: STUSERONE@gmail.com In the Password enter: password123!

First, login to the Gmail account.
  • Open a fresh browser and in the address bar type www.gmail.com.
  • Now enter the user name STUSERONE at gmail dot com and then the password.
  • Click on the Settings icon on the top-right of the Gmail window.
  • Click Settings option.
  • Click on the Settings icon on the top-right of the Gmail window. <Pause>
  • Click on the Settings option.
  • Point to the Settings window appears.
  • Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  • The Settings window appears.
  • Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  • In the POP download, point to the Enable POP for all mail.
  • Click Save Changes.
  • The Gmail Mail window appears.
  • 'In the POP download, I have selected Enable POP for all mail'.
  • Then click Save Changes.
  • The Gmail Mail window appears.
POP3 is now enabled in Gmail!
Logout of Gmail and close the browser. Let’s log out of Gmail and close this browser.
Let’s configure the STUSERONE at gmail dot com account in Thunderbird.
  • Gmail accounts are automatically configured by Thunderbird.
  • We shall learn about manual configurations for other email accounts in later tutorials.
First, make sure that your network connection is configured correctly.
From the Main menu, select Edit and Preferences. From the Main menu, select Edit and Preferences.


Point to the Thunderbird Preferences dialog box The Thunderbird Preferences dialog box appears.
Click on Advanced, select Network and DiskSpace tab and click Settings. Click on Advanced, select Network and DiskSpace tab and click Settings.
In the Connection Settings dialog box, select the Use system proxy settings option. In the Connection Settings dialog box, select the Use system proxy settings option.
Click OK.

Click Close.

Click OK.

Click Close.

Switch to Thunderbird.

Point to the Accounts option.

Now, let’s create a new account using the Accounts option.
Go to the right panel.

Click Accounts >> click Create a New Account

From the right panel of the Thunderbird under Accounts, click Create a New Account.
Point to the Mail Account Setup dialog box. The Mail Account Setup dialog box appears.
  • Enter the Name as STUSERONE.
  • Enter the Email address as STUSERONE@gmail.com.
  • Enter the Name as STUSERONE.
  • Enter the Email address as STUSERONE at gmail dot com.
Enter password as password123!


And, finally, enter the password of the Gmail account.
Click Continue. Next, click on Continue.
Point to the message Configuration found in Mozilla ISP database. The message Configuration found in Mozilla ISP database appears.
Next, select POP3. Next, select POP3.
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Error Message

  • Thunderbird failed to find the settings
Some times an

Error message,

  • Thunderbird failed to find the settings may be displayed.
Be on the same slide This indicates, that Thunderbird was not able to configure Gmail settings automatically.
Be on the same slide In such a case, you must configure the settings manually.
Click the Manual Config button. Now, click on the Manual Config button.


Point to the settings on the screen. The configuration settings for Gmail are displayed.
As Thunderbird has already configured Gmail settings correctly, we will not change them.
Pause this video and make a note of these settings.
To configure Gmail manually, you must enter these settings in the respective fields.
When the settings are configured manually, the Create Account button is enabled.
In this tutorial, Thunderbird has configured Gmail correctly.
Click Create Account. So, let’s click Create Account.
This could take a few minutes depending on your Internet speed. <Pause>
Point to the Gmail account in the right panel. The Gmail account is created and is displayed on the right panel.
Point to the email id on the left panel. Note, that the left panel now displays the Email ID STUSERONE at gmail dot com.


Point to the various folders under the STUSERONE@gmail dot com account. Under this Gmail account, various mail folders are displayed.
From the left panel, click Inbox >> click the Get Mail icon. Now, from the left panel, under the Gmail account, click Inbox.

Click the Get Mail icon.

Point to the status bar at the bottom of the Thunderbird window.
  • Note the status bar at the bottom of the Thunderbird window.
  • It displays the number of messages that are being downloaded.
Point to the Inbox. All email messages from the Gmail account STUSERONE at gmail dot come are now downloaded into the Inbox.
Click on Inbox and select a message. Click on Inbox and select a message.
Point to the message is displayed in the panel below. The message is displayed in the panel below.
Double-click on this message. Let’s double-click on the message.
Point to the new tab that the message opens in. It opens in a new tab.
Click on on the x icon, at the top right of the tab. Let’s close this tab, by clicking on the X icon, at the top right of the tab.
Let’s compose a message and send it to the account STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in
From the Mail toolbar >> click Write. From the Mail toolbar, click Write.
Point to the Write dialog box. The Write dialog box appears.
Point to the Name and Gmail ID in the From field.

In the To field, enter STUSERTWO@yahoo.in

  • The From field, displays your name and the Gmail ID.
  • In the To field, let’s enter STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in
Type the text Hi, I now have an email account in Thunderbird! in the body of the mail. Let’s type the text

Hi, I now have an email account in Thunderbird! in the body of the mail.

Select the text Hi, I now have an email account in Thunderbird! Now, let’s select the text and increase the font size.


Click the big A icon in the toolbar.

Point that the font size has increased.

Now, click the Larger font size Icon.

This increases the Font size.

Select the text.

Click the Choose colour for text icon.

To change the colour of the text, first select it and click the Choose colour for text icon.


  • The Text Color dialog box appears.
  • Click Red and click OK.
  • The color of the text has changed.
  • The Text Color dialog box appears.
  • Let’s click Red and click OK.
  • The color of the text has changed.

Click on the Insert a Smiley face icon.

Let’s insert a smiley now!

Click on the Insert a Smiley face icon.


From the Smiley list, click Smile.

Point to the Smiley that is inserted.

From the Smiley list, click Smile.

A Smiley is inserted.

You can also do a spell check on your mail.
Change the spelling of have to heve.

Click Spelling and select English US.

Let’s change the spelling of have to heve.

Click Spelling and select English US.


  • Point to the Check Spelling dialog box.
  • Point to the misspelled word.
  • Point to the correct spelling.
  • Click Replace.
  • Click Close to exit.
  • The Check Spelling dialog box appears, highlighting the misspelled word.
  • It also displays the correct spelling.
  • Click Replace.
  • Click Close to exit.
To set spelling preferences, from the Main menu, click Edit and Preferences. To set spelling preferences, from the Main menu, click Edit and Preferences.
  • From the Preferences.dialog box, click Composition.
  • Point to the options.
  • Click Close.
  • From the Preferences.dialog box, click Composition.
  • You can then, check the options you require.
  • Click Close.
Click on the Send button. Now, to send the mail, simply click on the Send button.
Point to the Subject Reminder dialog box A Subject Reminder dialog box appears.

This is because we did not enter a Subject for this mail.

Point to Send Without Subject. To send the mail without a Subject Line, you can click on Send Without Subject.
Click Cancel Sending. Click Cancel Sending.
In the Subject field, type My First Email From Thunderbird. Now, in the Subject field, type My First Email From Thunderbird.
Click Send. Click Send.

Your email has been sent. Let’s check it.

We have to open the STUSERTWO@yahoo.in account and check the Inbox.
Open a new Firefox browser.

Type: www.yahoo.in Press Enter. Click on Sign in link

So, let’s login to Yahoo. <Pause>
In the Yahoo login page, enter the user name as STUSERTWO and password as password123! In the Yahoo login page, type the Yahoo ID STUSERTWO.

Enter your password.

Click Inbox. Click Inbox.
Point to the mail in the Inbox The Inbox shows mail received from the Gmail account!
Click on the mail. Click on the mail to open it.
You can use the Reply button and reply to the mail, but here let’s compose a new mail.
Click Compose. Let’s click on Compose.
In the To field enter the address STUSERONE@gmail.com In the To field, enter the address STUSERONE at gmail dot com
In the Subject field enter Congrats! In the Subject field, enter Congrats!
Type, Glad you got a new account, in the body of the mail. Type, Glad you got a new account, in the mail.
Click Send and logout of Yahoo. Click the Send button and log out of Yahoo.
Close the browser. Let’s close this browser.
Switch to Thunderbird. Let’s check Thunderbird now.
Click Get Mail and click on Get All New Messages. Click Get Mail and click on Get All New Messages.


Point to the new message displayed in the Inbox. From the left panel, under your Gmail account ID, click Inbox.

The new message sent from the yahoo account is displayed in the Inbox.

Point to the contents of the mail are displayed in the panel below. The contents of the mail are displayed in the panel below.
Point to the Reply button. You can reply to this mail, using Reply button.
We have successfully sent, received and viewed email messages using Thunderbird.
From the Main menu >> click File >> click Quit.
  • To log out of Thunderbird, from the Main menu, click File and Quit.
  • You will exit Mozilla Thunderbird.
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Summary

  • About Mozilla Thunderbird
  • To download, install and launch Thunderbird
This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Thunderbird.

In this tutorial we learnt about Mozilla Thunderbird and how to download, install and launch Thunderbird.

Summary
  • Configure a New Email Account
  • Compose and Send Mail Messages
  • Receive and Read Messages
  • Log out of Thunderbird
We also learnt how to:
  • Configure a new email account
  • Compose and send mail messages
  • Receive and read messages
  • Log out of Thunderbird
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Assignment

  1. Download Mozilla Thunderbird application
  2. Install and Launch it.
  3. Configure an email account in Thunderbird.
  4. Send and receive mails using this account.
  5. Observe what happens
Here is an assignment for you.
  • Download Mozilla Thunderbird application
  • Install and launch it.
  • Configure an email account in 'Thunderbird.'
  • Send and receive mails using this account.
  • Observe what happens
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