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2024-06-20T18:30:25Z

More customization

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	Thunderbird allows a lot of choices in how it works and appears. Possibly the most important is how Right Click on the account or folders in the left hand sidebar allows folders to be created, moved or deleted. A particularly nice feature is that you can highlight messages in the message list and move them between accounts and account folders. Very helpful to keep mail orderly. There are also "Local Folders". You can choose where these appear in your file storage by Right Click on the Local Folders and choosing a directory other than the default, which generally is more or less hidden or out of the way. It can be helpful to have a "LocalMail" directory tree to archive mail and back it up.		Thunderbird allows a lot of choices in how it works and appears. Possibly the most important is how Right Click on the account or folders in the left hand sidebar allows folders to be created, moved or deleted. A particularly nice feature is that you can highlight messages in the message list and move them between accounts and account folders. Very helpful to keep mail orderly. There are also "Local Folders". You can choose where these appear in your file storage by Right Click on the Local Folders and choosing a directory other than the default, which generally is more or less hidden or out of the way. It can be helpful to have a "LocalMail" directory tree to archive mail and back it up.

			=== Extensions ===

			Like many other programs, Thunderbird allows Extensions or Add-Ins. See https://addons.thunderbird.net. These can be accessed and installed from within Thunderbird. We recommend only installing the add-ons that you really need to avoid enlarging the complexity of your installation and corresponding risk of bugs or hacking. Moreover, the add-ons are almost always third-party software, and their correctness and maintenance is not guaranteed. Nevertheless, some will be important for some users, such as tools to synchronize address books across more than one computer. For example, you may have a desktop machine and a laptop, as well as a mobile phone. Or you and your partner may want to share a set of family email contacts.

Fh448: /* Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client */

2024-06-20T18:23:40Z

Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client

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	Note that you can subscribe to more than one calendar if you have permission to access them. Be aware that calendar setup can often be quite tricky.		Note that you can subscribe to more than one calendar if you have permission to access them. Be aware that calendar setup can often be quite tricky.

			=== Adding Address Books ===

			Address books or Contacts files are often troublesome to keep tidy and to share across applications. Sadly, they are also the files that outsiders, both hackers and corporations like Google and Microsoft, want to get their hands on. Thunderbird will gather email addresses into your "personal" address book from incoming emails. However, you may wish to use existing contacts. Thunderbird can "import" various address book file types (vCard, LDIF, SQLite, mab, csv). Comma Separated Value (csv) files have the nice feature that they are very easily imported into spreadsheets for viewing and organizing, but you do need to export them again if you want to bring the edited version into Thunderbird. We recommend clicking on the "Import" link and responding to the dialogs. Be sure to check the resulting collection of contacts.




	=== Adding Feeds etc. ===		=== Adding Feeds etc. ===

Fh448: /* Adding a Calendar */

2024-06-20T18:15:09Z

Adding a Calendar

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	* In the "Create New Calendar" select "On the Network", then "Next"		* In the "Create New Calendar" select "On the Network", then "Next"
	* Give your username (e.g., zz999). Make sure the Email is correct. Then "Create Calendar".		* Give your username (e.g., zz999). Make sure the Email is correct. Then "Create Calendar".
	* You may have to repeat your username and enter the ICS URL mentioned above, then Subscribe to the Calendar		* You may have to repeat your username and enter the ICS URL mentioned above, then Subscribe to the Calendar.
	* ~~??? other details here or not??~~		* At some point you will need to enter your NCF login password (and choose to save it in the password manager).

			Thunderbird tries to find the calendar definition files, but because there are many variations on how the URLs are specified, you likely will need to enter the address of the Calendar.ics file for your account.

			Note that you can subscribe to more than one calendar if you have permission to access them. Be aware that calendar setup can often be quite tricky.

	=== Adding Feeds etc. ===		=== Adding Feeds etc. ===

Fh448: /* Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client */

2024-06-20T17:43:24Z

Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client

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	You can add another email from Account Settings / Account Actions in the same manner as the initial email. The accounts will '''both''' appear in the sidebar of Thunderbird. However, if you then look at Account Settings you will see both accounts but also a separate line '''Outgoing Server (SMTP)'''. Clicking on that line will show "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" and usually the servers for both email identities will appear, but one will be the default. You can change this if you wish. When replying to a message, the outgoing server for the email address that received the message will be used. The "default" is only used when you click on a "mailto:" link or perform some similar action where the account is not specified.		You can add another email from Account Settings / Account Actions in the same manner as the initial email. The accounts will '''both''' appear in the sidebar of Thunderbird. However, if you then look at Account Settings you will see both accounts but also a separate line '''Outgoing Server (SMTP)'''. Clicking on that line will show "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" and usually the servers for both email identities will appear, but one will be the default. You can change this if you wish. When replying to a message, the outgoing server for the email address that received the message will be used. The "default" is only used when you click on a "mailto:" link or perform some similar action where the account is not specified.

			=== More customization ===

			Thunderbird allows a lot of choices in how it works and appears. Possibly the most important is how Right Click on the account or folders in the left hand sidebar allows folders to be created, moved or deleted. A particularly nice feature is that you can highlight messages in the message list and move them between accounts and account folders. Very helpful to keep mail orderly. There are also "Local Folders". You can choose where these appear in your file storage by Right Click on the Local Folders and choosing a directory other than the default, which generally is more or less hidden or out of the way. It can be helpful to have a "LocalMail" directory tree to archive mail and back it up.

Fh448: /* Adding a Calendar */

2024-06-20T17:38:13Z

Adding a Calendar

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	=== Adding a Calendar ===		=== Adding a Calendar ===

			Thunderbird supports using multiple calendars. Here we will look at just setting up your NCF calendar. Let us suppose your NCF account is zz999.

			* Click on the Calendar icon (usually third from top on left hand side of Thunderbird window) or choose "File / New / Calendar" from the ''File ...'' menu (displayed by pressing the F10 key).
			* In the "Create New Calendar" select "On the Network", then "Next"
			* Give your username (e.g., zz999). Make sure the Email is correct. Then "Create Calendar".
			* You may have to repeat your username and enter the ICS URL mentioned above, then Subscribe to the Calendar
			* ??? other details here or not??

	=== Adding Feeds etc. ===		=== Adding Feeds etc. ===

Fh448: /* Adding another email */

2024-06-20T17:26:19Z

Adding another email

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	=== Adding another email ===		=== Adding another email ===

	You can add another email from Account Settings / Account Actions in the same manner as the initial email. The accounts will '''both''' appear in the sidebar of Thunderbird. However, if you then look at Account Settings you will see both accounts but also a separate line '''Outgoing Server (SMTP)'''. Clicking on that line will show "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" and usually the servers for both email identities will appear, but one will be the default. You can change this is you ~~wish~~.		You can add another email from Account Settings / Account Actions in the same manner as the initial email. The accounts will '''both''' appear in the sidebar of Thunderbird. However, if you then look at Account Settings you will see both accounts but also a separate line '''Outgoing Server (SMTP)'''. Clicking on that line will show "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" and usually the servers for both email identities will appear, but one will be the default. You can change this if you wish. When replying to a message, the outgoing server for the email address that received the message will be used. The "default" is only used when you click on a "mailto:" link or perform some similar action where the account is not specified.

Fh448: /* Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client */

2024-06-20T17:21:49Z

Setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client

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	=== Basic Thunderbird Configuration ===		=== Basic Thunderbird Configuration ===

			Thunderbird is a large and busy application. We will not cover all possibilities here.

	* Launch Thunderbird if it does not do so automatically after installation.		* Launch Thunderbird if it does not do so automatically after installation.
	* Generally Thunderbird will ask for information to set up email.		* Generally Thunderbird will ask for information to set up email.
	* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''.		* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''. You may also access Account Settings from the "Settings" icon that generally appears near the lower left of the Thunderbird window.
	* A dialog box will appear wanting		* A dialog box will appear wanting
	** your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients		** your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients
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	Generally, Thunderbird should now be able to send and receive email. If you have another email, or a friend willing to help, send a short test message and ask for a reply to test that the email is working.		Generally, Thunderbird should now be able to send and receive email. If you have another email, or a friend willing to help, send a short test message and ask for a reply to test that the email is working.

			=== Adding a Calendar ===


			=== Adding Feeds etc. ===

			Use the instructions under Basic Thunderbird Configuration to access Account Settings. From this, under '''Account Actions''' you can access the dialogs for adding feeds etc.

			=== Adding another email ===

			You can add another email from Account Settings / Account Actions in the same manner as the initial email. The accounts will '''both''' appear in the sidebar of Thunderbird. However, if you then look at Account Settings you will see both accounts but also a separate line '''Outgoing Server (SMTP)'''. Clicking on that line will show "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" and usually the servers for both email identities will appear, but one will be the default. You can change this is you wish.

Fh448: /* Basic Thunderbird Configuration */

2024-06-20T17:06:58Z

Basic Thunderbird Configuration

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	** Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.		** Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.
	** A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.		** A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.
	* Click "Continue"		* Click "Continue". Thunderbird will try to connect to NCF and determine appropriate settings for the incoming and outgoing mail servers. For NCF both are '''mail.ncf.ca''' but the ports are different.
			** The incoming server defaults to port 143 using STARTTLS connection security and Normal Password authentication using IMAP server type.
			** The outgoing server defaults to port 587 with the same connection and authentication using SMTP protocol.

			Generally, Thunderbird should now be able to send and receive email. If you have another email, or a friend willing to help, send a short test message and ask for a reply to test that the email is working.

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2024-06-20T17:00:46Z

Basic Thunderbird Configuration

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	* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''.		* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''.
	* A dialog box will appear wanting		* A dialog box will appear wanting
	-- your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients		** your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients
	-- Email address. This should be your NCF account e.g., zz999@ncf.ca where zz999 is your account name.		** Email address. This should be your NCF account e.g., zz999@ncf.ca where zz999 is your account name.
	-- Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.		** Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.
	-- A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.		** A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.
	* Click "Continue"		* Click "Continue"

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Basic Thunderbird Configuration

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	* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''.		* If Thunderbird does not start the '''Add Mail Account''' setup process, go to '''Account Settings'''. Unfortunately, this may not be in a standard location. On Windows version 115.12.1 (64-bit) this is found under '''Tools''', but you may need to press the F10 key to get the ''File Edit View Go Message Events_and_Tasks Tools Help'' menu displayed. On Linux version 115.12.0 (64-bit) the Account Settings are under '''Edit'''. Choose '''Account Actions''', then '''Add Mail Account'''.
	* A dialog box will appear wanting		* A dialog box will appear wanting
	-- your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients		-- your full name. This can be any name. It is what gets displayed as the sender of messages to your message recipients
	-- Email address. This should be your NCF account e.g., zz999@ncf.ca where zz999 is your account name.		-- Email address. This should be your NCF account e.g., zz999@ncf.ca where zz999 is your account name.
	-- Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.		-- Password: the password you use to log into the NCF start page. Watch that the Caps Lock is NOT set. Type carefully.
	-- A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.		-- A check box to "Remember Password" can be checked. This saves entering the password each time you look at your email.
	* Click "Continue"		* Click "Continue"