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Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client. It is Ubuntu's default e-mail client since 11.10.

Thunderbird is made by Mozilla, the makers of Firefox.

Thunderbird became Ubuntu's default e-mail client in 11.10, replacing Evolution. (Source)

See Ubuntu Email client documentation.

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How to make Thunderbird NOT use Bing as search engine?

When I type something in Thunderbird's search bar, the first item that pops up is a Bing search for that term. Is there a way to remove Bing? I don't really need Thunderbird to be able to search the web. So just removing it and leaving nothing is…
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How do I make Thunderbird's reply format look like Outlook's?

I am using thunderbird 14.0, where i am facing few issue. Is it possible to make thunderbird look like outlook. I didn't mean the theme or look, i mean the way that how outlook express replies. It has a neat line on the end of every reply, where as…
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How to get rid of double dash before the signature?

I am using thunderbird as my email client and i use a signature to all my outgoing mails. How ever i can see the -- (double dash) which prepends to my signature. Is it possible to avoid the double dash -- ?
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How do I configure Thunderbird to send plain text emails by default?

Title pretty much says it all. I want to tell Thunderbird to edit and send emails in plain text by default. How do I do that?
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How do I read local email in thunderbird?

I just install postfix and configured it for local email only as a way to have a sendmail program and test my PHP scripts. My question is, how can I use an HTML capable email client like Thunderbird to read local (root email, etc.) emails?
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How to export Thunderbird Mail Filters

Im using Mozilla Thunderbird on Ubuntu and it has alot of Message Filters and I want to export them so that I can use them on my home pc . I have gone through each and every menu but found no mention of EXPORT settings. i will really appreciate how…
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Email threads by subject in Thunderbird (just as in Gmail)

Is it possible to have threaded email conversations in Thunderbird just like how it is in Gmail? How can I do that?
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How do I back up Thunderbird emails?

How can I back up Thuderbird 10.0.2 emails,etc to flash drive or external hard drive using Ubuntu 10.10
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Thunderbird - remove unused dictionaries from menu

I use Thunderbird with two sets of dictionaries: English and Spanish. In the spell checker menu I find about 30 localized dictionaries (all Spanish-speaking countries, and for English: US, England, Canada). It's quite annoying that every time I need…
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Thunderbird opens twice always

I have Thunderbird on Ubuntu 12.04 and every time I open it, it loads twice. Two windows are opened. To be clear, if I have Thunderbird closed (not minimized) and click on Mail, in the tray bar, it opens 2 main windows. I have had installed several…
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Is Thunderbird usable in 2019?

I would like to download and send emails using Thunderbird. Besides being free, open source and with solid history, it has a number of attractive aspects (such as for example, not downloading images by default so that the senders are not able to…
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Can I use the same Thunderbird profile under Windows and Ubuntu?

Hi I'm curious if it's possible to use the same Thunderbird profile, stored on a NAS, form an Ubuntu based PC as well as from a Windows based one. Anybody out there with some experience? Since one month, I now use a setup, where I have stored the…
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Thunderbird: Reply/Reply all: a couple of formatting questions

I have a couple of small questions about tweaking the reply/reply all on Thunderbird 17.02 (my apologies if these are addressed in another post but I could not find it). The folks at mozillazine forum have not been able to solve this, but there are…
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How do you change thunderbird temporary file storage?

When I open a message with an attachment and choose to "Open" the attachment, thunderbird downloads the attachment and saves it in /tmp and then opens it. For security reasons I would like to be able to change the directory where the file is saved…
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How can I import data from Outlook to Thunderbird?

I am using Windows 7 and Outlook 2010. I am really annoyed with Microsoft, so I want to switch to Ubuntu (where Thunderbird is installed). In Outlook I have my emails, some appointments and all contacts. I also have two archives (PST files) with…
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