Difference between revisions of "Thunderbird"

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Mozilla Thunderbird is an open source email, news, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

Installation

Install the thunderbird package, with a language pack if required.

Other versions include:

Thunderbird Beta — Cutting edge features with relatively-good stability.

https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel/ || thunderbird-beta-bin^AUR

Thunderbird Earlybird — Experience the newest innovations as they're developed (equivalent to an alpha and Firefox Aurora releases).

https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel/ || thunderbird-earlybird^AUR

Thunderbird Nightly — Experience the newest innovations with nightly releases (for those that want to work with breakages).

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-central/ || thunderbird-nightly^AUR

A version overview, both past and future, can be read on the Mozilla wiki.

Securing

Considerations

Under some circumstances Thunderbird may send your system's (internal) IP address as reply to HELO/ELHO requesting SMTP servers. If you have concerns, please read this article. You might change this for Firefox, too.

If you want to hide Thunderbird for sending your system's User Agent string, create a new empty string entry general.useragent.override in the #Config Editor.

While Thunderbird disables email images by default, it enables HTML rendering which may expose IP address and location. Choose View > Message Body As > Plain Text to disable this.

JavaScript is disabled for message content but not RSS news feeds. To disable JavaScript for RSS set javascript.enabled to false in the #Config Editor.

Extensions

Enigmail — Extension for writing and receiving email signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.

https://www.enigmail.net || thunderbird-enigmail^AUR, thunderbird-enigmail-bin^AUR

TorBirdy — Extension that configures Thunderbird to make connections over the Tor anonymity network

TorBirdy AMO ||

FireTray — Adds a customizable system tray icon for Thunderbird

FireTray AMO ||

Lightning — A calendar extension that brings Sunbird's functionality to Thunderbird, including CalDAV support.

Lightning AMO || thunderbird-lightning-bin^AUR

SOGo Connector — Lets you sync address books via CardDAV

https://sogo.nu/download.html#/frontends || thunderbird-sogo-connector-bin^AUR

Cardbook — A new addressbook for Thunderbird based on the CARDDav and VCARD standards.

Cardbook AMO ||

Tips and tricks

Config Editor

Thunderbird can be extensively configured in Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor.

Setting the default browser

Note: Since version 24 the network.protocol-handler.app.* keys have no effect and will not be able to set the default browser.

Recent versions of Thunderbird use the default browser as defined by the system MIME settings. This is commonly modified by the Gnome Control Center (Gnome Control Center > Details > Default Applications > Web) (available in: gnome-control-center).

This can be overridden in the #Config Editor by searching for network.protocol-handler.warn-external.

If the following three are all set to false (default), turn them to true, and Thunderbird will ask you when clicking on links which application to use (remember to also check "Remember my choice for .. links").

network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ftp
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https

Plain Text mode and font uniformity

Plain Text mode lets you view all your emails without HTML rendering and is available in View > Message Body As. This defaults to the Monospace font but the size is still inherited from original system fontconfig settings. The following example will overwrite this with Ubuntu Mono of 10 pixels (available in: ttf-ubuntu-font-family).

Remember to run fc-cache -fv to update system font cache. See Font configuration for more information.

~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Ubuntu Mono</string></edit>
    <!-- For Thunderbird, lowering default font size to 10 for uniformity -->
    <edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"><int>10</int></edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

Webmail with Thunderbird

See upstream Wiki: Using webmail with your email client.

Migrate profile to another system

Tip: The ImportExportTools addon offers an option to export and import a profile folder.

Before you start with Importing or Exporting tasks, backup your complete ~/.thunderbird profile:

$ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/

With migration you just copy your current Thunderbird profile to another PC or a new Thunderbird installation:

1. Install Thunderbird on the target PC

2. Start Thunderbird without doing anything and quit it.

3. Go to your Backup folder of your old Thunderbird installation

4. Enter the backup profile folder:

$ cd /to/backup/folder/.thunderbird/<oldrandomnumber>.default/

5. Copy its content into the target profile folder ~/.thunderbird/<newrandomnumber>.default/

$ cp -R /to/backup/folder/.thunderbird/<oldrandomnumber>.default/* ~/.thunderbird/<newrandomnumber>.default/

Export + Import

Before you start with Importing or Exporting tasks, backup your complete ~/.thunderbird profile:

$ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/

If your accounts are broken or you want to join two different Thunderbird installations, you better install one Import and Export AddOn (eg. ImportExportTools AddOn) to both Thunderbird installations and following this just export and import all your data to the new installation.

Changing the default sorting order

Thunderbird (up to at least 31.4.0-1) sorts mail by date with the oldest on top without any threading. While this can be changed per folder, it is easier to set a sane default instead as described in this Superuser.com post.

Set these preferences in the #Config Editor:

mailnews.default_sort_order = 2 (descending)
mailnews.default_view_flags = 1 (Threaded view)

Maildir support

The default message store format is mbox. To enable the use of Maildir, see Mozilla wiki: Thunderbird/Maildir. You basically have to set the following preference in the #Config Editor:

mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID = @mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1

Some limitations up to at least 31.4.0-1: only the "tmp" and "cur" directories are supported. The "new" directory is completely ignored. The read state of mails are stored in a separate ".msf" file, so initially all local mail using Maildir will be marked as unread even when located in the "cur" directory.

Spell checking

Install hunspell and a hunspell language dictionary and restart Thunderbird.

Native notifications

Enable mail.biff.use_system_alert in the #Config Editor.

Troubleshooting

LDAP Segfault

An LDAP clash (Bugzilla#292127) arises on systems configured to use it to fetch user information. A possible workaround consists of renaming the conflicting bundled LDAP library.

Error: Incoming server already exists

It seems Thunderbird (v24) still has that bug which pops up with "Incoming server already exists" if you want to reinstall a previously deleted account with the same account data afterwards. Unfortunately, if you get this error you can now only clean reinstall Thunderbird:

1. Make a backup of your current profile:

$ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/

2. Export all you Accounts, Calendar and Feeds via an AddOn like it's written in Export section of this Wiki. 3. Uninstall your current Thunderbird installation

$ pacman -R thunderbird

4. Remove all your data by deleting your current Thunderbird folder rm -R ~/.thunderbird/.

5. Install Thunderbird again:

$ pacman -S thunderbird

6.Create your mail accounts, feeds and calenders (empty).

7. Install the ImportExportTools AddOn

8. Import all your data.

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+[[ja:Thunderbird]]
-{{Article summary text|This article discusses the installation and configuration of the e-mail client, Mozilla Thunderbird. It also provides information about several popular add-ons and extensions to the program, including EnigMail, Lightning, and WebMail.}}
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-{{Article summary wiki|Thunderbird Export URLs}}
+{{Related|Thunderbird/Enigmail}}
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+{{Related articles end}}
-'''Mozilla Thunderbird''' is an email, newsgroup, and news feed client designed around simplicity and full-featuredness while avoiding bloat. It supports POP, IMAP, SMTP, S/MIME, and OpenPGP encryption (through the Enigmail extension). Similarly to Firefox, it has a wide variety of extension and addons available for download that add more features.
+[https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird] is an open source email, news, and chat client developed by the [https://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Foundation].
 == Installation ==
-[[pacman|Install]] {{Pkg|thunderbird}} from the [[official repositories]].
+[[Install]] the {{Pkg|thunderbird}} package, with a [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=thunderbird-i18n language pack] if required.
-There are a number of language packs available if English is not your preferred language. To see a list of available language packs, try:
+Other versions include:
- $ pacman -Ss thunderbird-i18n
-== Extensions ==
+* {{App | Thunderbird Beta | Cutting edge features with relatively-good stability. | https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel/ | {{AUR|thunderbird-beta-bin}}}}
+* {{App | Thunderbird Earlybird | Experience the newest innovations as they're developed (equivalent to an alpha and Firefox Aurora releases). | https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/channel/ | {{AUR|thunderbird-earlybird}}}}
+* {{App | Thunderbird Nightly | Experience the newest innovations with nightly releases (for those that want to work with breakages). | https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-central/ | {{AUR|thunderbird-nightly}}}}
-=== Encryption with EnigMail ===
+A version overview, both past and future, can be read on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases Mozilla wiki].
-==== Installation ====
+== Securing ==
-===== Via addons.mozilla.org =====
+=== Considerations ===
-{{Note|
+Under some circumstances Thunderbird may send your system's (internal) IP address as reply to HELO/ELHO requesting SMTP servers. If you have concerns, please read [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Replace_IP_address_with_name_in_headers this] article. You might change this for Firefox, too.
-* This method won't work for x86_64, see [[#Via AUR]].
-* The section below that points you to the static builds seems to work fine for x86_x64.  The aur is out of date (07/25/12).  You have to use the nightly builds though because arch is using v14 of thunderbird. }}
-The first step to setting up email encryption is to download the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). GnuPG is required by pacman, which is a part of 'base' system, so you do not have to install them manually.
+If you want to hide Thunderbird for sending your system's [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference#Linux User Agent] string,
+create a new empty string entry {{ic|general.useragent.override}} in the [[#Config Editor]].
-EnigMail can be downloaded from [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/71 here], at Mozilla's addon database. Make sure that it is installed as a Thunderbird addon and isn't automatically interpreted to be a Firefox addon. This can be done by going to Tools -> Add-ons and clicking Install, then selecting the XPI addon package. Congratulations, EnigMail is now installed. You should now restart Thunderbird.
+While Thunderbird disables email images by default, it enables HTML rendering which may expose IP address and location. Choose ''View > Message Body As > Plain Text'' to disable this.
-===== Via enigmail.mozdev.org =====
+JavaScript is disabled for message content but not RSS news feeds. To disable JavaScript for RSS set {{ic|javascript.enabled}} to false in the [[#Config Editor]].
-{{Note| As of 07/25/12 this worked.  It is nightly build though.  Who knows if it will work tommorow?!}}
+== Extensions ==
-EnigMail addons that works for x86_64 can be downloaded from [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download/download-static.php.html this] page. Select the Arch build of the addon and follow the instructions in the previous section to install.
+* {{App|[[Thunderbird/Enigmail|Enigmail]]|Extension for writing and receiving email signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.|https://www.enigmail.net|{{AUR|thunderbird-enigmail}}, {{AUR|thunderbird-enigmail-bin}}}}
+* {{App|TorBirdy|Extension that configures Thunderbird to make connections over the [[Tor]] anonymity network|[https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy AMO]|}}
+* {{App|FireTray|Adds a customizable system tray icon for Thunderbird|[https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/firetray/ FireTray AMO]|}}
+* {{App|[https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/ Lightning]| A calendar extension that brings [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Sunbird|Sunbird]]'s functionality to Thunderbird, including CalDAV support.|[https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/lightning/ Lightning AMO] |{{aur|thunderbird-lightning-bin}}}}
+* {{App|SOGo Connector| Lets you sync address books via CardDAV|https://sogo.nu/download.html#/frontends|{{AUR|thunderbird-sogo-connector-bin}}}}
+* {{App|Cardbook|A new addressbook for Thunderbird based on the CARDDav and VCARD standards.|[https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/ Cardbook AMO]|}}
-===== Via AUR =====
+== Tips and tricks ==
-There is an [[AUR]] package: {{AUR|enigmail}}.
+=== Config Editor ===
-===== Issues with the x86_64 version of enigmail =====
+Thunderbird can be extensively configured in ''Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor''.
-It is possible that Thunderbird (Lanikai) hasn't got the same build-type (Error: Linux_x86-gcc3) as the enigmail (x86_64) and won't get installed. Downloading Thunderbird in the i686 version an installing enigmail by the Add-On application works fine.
+=== Setting the default browser ===
-If you download Thunderbird manually, remember copying the files to {{ic|/opt}} and creating a directory for Thunderbird. To still be able start Thunderbird from the "default location" create a file that points at {{ic|/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird}} for example.
+{{Note|Since version 24 the {{ic|network.protocol-handler.app.*}} keys have no effect and will not be able to set the default browser.}}
-Create a symlink to make it available in $PATH:
+Recent versions of Thunderbird use the default browser as defined by the [[Default applications|system MIME settings]]. This is commonly modified by the Gnome Control Center (''Gnome Control Center > Details > Default Applications > Web'') (available in: {{Pkg|gnome-control-center}}).
- # ln -s /usr/local/bin/thunderbird /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird
+This can be overridden in the [[#Config Editor]] by searching for {{ic|network.protocol-handler.warn-external}}.
-Finish with setting the right permissions and "updating" your shell.
+If the following three are all set to '''false''' (default), turn them to '''true''', and Thunderbird will ask you when clicking on links which application to use (remember to also check ''"Remember my choice for .. links"'').
-  # chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/thunderbird
+  network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ftp
+ network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http
+ network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https
-==== Creating a keypair ====
+=== Plain Text mode and font uniformity ===
-A keypair can be created by opening Thunderbird and finding the 'OpenPGP' menu and clicking 'Setup Wizard'. The wizard will now help you create your keypair. All of the options are fairly self-explanatory and are not discussed in this article.
+Plain Text mode lets you view all your emails without HTML rendering and is available in ''View > Message Body As''. This defaults to the [[Wikipedia:Monospace_(Unicode)|Monospace]] font but the size is still inherited from original system fontconfig settings. The following example will overwrite this with Ubuntu Mono of 10 pixels (available in: {{Pkg|ttf-ubuntu-font-family}}).
-==== Sharing your public key ====
+Remember to run {{ic|fc-cache -fv}} to update system font cache. See [[Font configuration]] for more information.
-There are a variety of ways to distribute your public key. One way is to upload it to a public keyserver network. Another is to share it with friends who are also using email encryption.
+{{hc|~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf|<nowiki>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+  <match target="pattern">
+    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
+    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Ubuntu Mono</string></edit>
+    <!-- For Thunderbird, lowering default font size to 10 for uniformity -->
+    <edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"><int>10</int></edit>
+  </match>
+</fontconfig>
+</nowiki>}}
-==== Encrypting your emails ====
+=== Webmail with Thunderbird ===
-First of all, encryption does not always work properly with emails containing HTML. It is best to make all of the encrypted emails you wish to send plaintext. This can be ensured by going to Options in the 'New Email' window and finding Format, then clicking on "Plain-text only".
+:''See upstream Wiki: [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_webmail_with_your_email_client Using webmail with your email client].''
-Once you have chosen a recipient and title and have written your message, you can sign and encrypt the message by using the OpenPGP menu. Once that is done, simply click "Send" and your encrypted email has been sent.
+=== Migrate profile to another system ===
-==== Decrypting emails ====
+{{Tip|The [https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools ImportExportTools] addon offers an option to export and import a profile folder.}}
-This article will not go into the details of key signing.
+Before you start with Importing or Exporting tasks, backup your complete {{ic|~/.thunderbird}} profile:
-Assuming that the email was encrypted properly, just trying to open it should result in a popup window asking you to type in your keyphrase. Do so now, and the email will be decrypted for your viewing pleasure.
+ $ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/
-=== Adding a calendar with Lightning ===
+With migration you just copy your current Thunderbird profile to another PC or a new Thunderbird installation:
-Lightning is an extension that brings Sunbird's functionality to Thunderbird. This integrates calendar functions into Thunderbird.
+. Install Thunderbird on the target PC
-=== Plain-text mode and font uniformity ===
+. Start Thunderbird without doing anything and quit it.
-Plain-text mode lets you view all your emails without HTML rendering. It can be configured from ''View menu > Message Body As'' option. This defaults to monospace font but font size is still inherited from original system fontconfig settings. You can uniform the default font and font size across all emails by overwriting it fontconfig user configuration. Appending below in user font config file before the closing </fontconfig> tag, will use replace monospace with Ubuntu Mono font with size of 10 pixels (provided you have already installed Ubuntu font family). Then run {{ic|fc-cache -fv}} to update system font cache.
+. Go to your Backup folder of your old Thunderbird installation
-{{hc|/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf|
+. Enter the backup profile folder:
-   <nowiki><match target="pattern">
-    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
-    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>Ubuntu Mono</string></edit>
-    <!-- For Thunderbird, lowering default font size to 10 for uniformity -->
-    <edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"><int>10</int></edit>
-  </match></nowiki>
-}}
-=== Resizeable tray icon ===
+ $ cd /to/backup/folder/.thunderbird/<oldrandomnumber>.default/
-There are a number of plugins that let Thunderbird close to tray, but most of them seem to make use of {{ic|/usr/lib/thunderbird-5.0/chrome/icons/default/default16.png}}, and if you are using a big screen and a bigger-than-standard dock (e.g. Avant Window Navigator) the icon could appear too little compared to the other tray icons.
+. Copy its content into the target profile folder {{ic|~/.thunderbird/<newrandomnumber>.default/}}
-To make those plugins use the icons from {{ic|/usr/share/icons/hicolor/}} you just have to disable {{ic|/usr/lib/thunderbird-5.0/chrome/icons/default/default16.png}} renaming it for example to {{ic|default16.png.disabled}}, not forgetting to prevent pacman from reinstalling it by adding the following line to {{ic|/etc/pacman.conf}}:
+ $ cp -R /to/backup/folder/.thunderbird/<oldrandomnumber>.default/* ~/.thunderbird/<newrandomnumber>.default/
- NoExtract = usr/lib/thunderbird-5.0/chrome/icons/default/default16.png
-=== Links in Thunderbird do NOT open in Firefox ===
+=== Export + Import ===
-If you update from Firefox 3 to Firefox 4, you may no longer be able to click on a link in Thunderbird and have it open in Firefox. Especially if you are using KDE. To correct the problem, issue the following as your user, from the command line:
+Before you start with Importing or Exporting tasks, backup your complete {{ic|~/.thunderbird}} profile:
-  gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command "firefox %s"
+  $ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/
- gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command "firefox %s"
-Another option is go to the preferences => advanced => general and then select Config Editor.
+If your accounts are broken or you want to join two different Thunderbird installations, you better install one Import and Export AddOn (eg. [https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools ImportExportTools AddOn]) to both Thunderbird installations and following this just export and import all your data to the new installation.
- Search for "network.protocol-handler.warn-external"
+=== Changing the default sorting order ===
+Thunderbird (up to at least 31.4.0-1) sorts mail by date with the oldest on top without any threading. While this can be changed per folder, it is easier to set a sane default instead as described in [https://superuser.com/questions/13518/change-the-default-sorting-order-in-thunderbird this Superuser.com post].
-those following three were false, turn then to true, and then Thunderbird will ask you when clicking on liks which application to use. Select /usr/bin/firefox or /usr/bin/xdg-open and do not forgot to select remember my choice wink
+Set these preferences in the [[#Config Editor]]:
- network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ftp
- network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http
- network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https
-the mimetype where saved on {{ic|~/.thunderbird/.default/mimeTypes.rdf}}.
+ mailnews.default_sort_order = 2 (descending)
+ mailnews.default_view_flags = 1 (Threaded view)
-=== Webmail with Thunderbird ===
+=== Maildir support ===
+The default message store format is mbox. To enable the use of Maildir, see [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Maildir Mozilla wiki: Thunderbird/Maildir]. You basically have to set the following preference in the [[#Config Editor]]:
-Please see upstream wiki: [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_webmail_with_your_email_client Using webmail with your email client].
+ mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID = @mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1
-=== Opening links in Thunderbird with Firefox ===
+Some limitations up to at least 31.4.0-1: only the "tmp" and "cur" directories are supported. The "new" directory is completely ignored. The read state of mails are stored in a separate ".msf" file, so initially all local mail using Maildir will be marked as unread even when located in the "cur" directory.
-Launch Thunderbird and navigate to the ''Config Editor'' by clicking the following menu items:
+=== Spell checking ===
- Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor.
+[[Install]] {{Pkg|hunspell}} and a [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=hunspell+dict hunspell language dictionary] and restart Thunderbird.
-Right click in the list of parameters, select ''New'' and ''String'' in the menu.
+=== Native notifications ===
-A box appears, asking you for the preference name. Put :
+Enable {{ic|mail.biff.use_system_alert}} in the [[#Config Editor]].
- network.protocol-handler.app.http
-Click OK, the box then asks you for the value : set it to :
+== Troubleshooting ==
- /usr/bin/firefox
-Do it again for the preference named {{ic|network.protocol-handler.app.https}} .
+=== LDAP Segfault ===
-{{Note|Xfce4 users may want to set this preference value to "exo-open", which then will use the browser set up in "Preferred Applications".}}
+An [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292127 LDAP clash (Bugzilla#292127)] arises on systems configured to use it to fetch user information. A possible [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292127#c7 workaround] consists of renaming the conflicting bundled LDAP library.
-You can now click on URL directly to launch them into Firefox !
+=== Error: Incoming server already exists ===
-==== Setting Firefox to open links in new tabs/new windows ====
+It seems Thunderbird (v24) still has that bug which pops up with "Incoming server already exists" if you want to reinstall a previously deleted account with the same account data afterwards. Unfortunately, if you get this error you can now only clean reinstall Thunderbird:
-You can change whether links are opened in new tabs or in new windows by opening up /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox in a text editor.
+. Make a backup of your current profile:
-There are two lines near the top that say:
+ $ cp -R ~/.thunderbird /to/backup/folder/
- OPEN_IN=new-window
+. Export all you Accounts, Calendar and Feeds via an AddOn like it's written in ''Export section'' of this Wiki.
- #OPEN_IN=new-tab
+. Uninstall your current Thunderbird installation
-This setup will open URL's in a new window.  Simply comment the first line and uncomment the second line to open URL's in a new tab!
+  $ pacman -R thunderbird
-Another way to do that is to select the right radiobutton in ''Edit/Preferences/Tabs'' in your Firefox browser menu.
+. Remove all your data by deleting your current Thunderbird folder {{ic|rm -R ~/.thunderbird/}}.
-== Troubleshooting ==
+. Install Thunderbird again:
-=== Segfault at startup ===
+ $ pacman -S thunderbird
-A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292127 problem (mozilla-bug)] arises on systems configured to use ldap to fetch user information: Thunderbird segfaults at startup. A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292127#c7 work around] exists.
+.Create your mail accounts, feeds and calenders (empty).
-=== Folder name in local language but menus in English after Thunderbird update ===
+. Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/ ImportExportTools] AddOn
-First, verify that you have package '''thunderbird-i18n-xx''' installed, where "xx" is the language you want. If not, install it/reinstall it.
+. Import all your data.

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Contents

Installation

Securing

Considerations

Extensions

Tips and tricks

Config Editor

Setting the default browser

Plain Text mode and font uniformity

Webmail with Thunderbird

Migrate profile to another system

Export + Import

Changing the default sorting order

Maildir support

Spell checking

Native notifications

Troubleshooting

LDAP Segfault

Error: Incoming server already exists

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