When you purchase a new computer you often want to move at least some data from the old computer to the new. At the very top of the lists are usually email accounts if a desktop email client like Thunderbird or Outlook is used. The same move may be necessary after a hard drive crash [...]

Categories: Email, Tutorials Basic

Mozilla Messaging is currently distributing an update to the popular desktop email client Thunderbird. The new version of the email program has not been officially announced yet, this will be done once the distribution to mirror servers worldwide has been completed. This also means that there is no official release log yet, only the beta [...]

Categories: Email

Setting up email accounts in desktop email clients like Thunderbird or Outlook is usually a do and forget type of operation. Once the accounts have been setup they do not need any attendance or maintenance at all, unless the email provider happens to make changes to the system. Sometimes email account information, such as the [...]

Categories: Email

Most desktop email clients have one big problem, that becomes apparent over time: They do not offer email archiving or backup options. This means that the email databases will increase with every email, which in turn can have an impact on the performance of the email software. It should be obvious that it takes longer [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Mozilla Messaging, the development team responsible for the Thunderbird email client, has just released Thunderbird 3.1. The new version is distributed to the world wide mirror server network before the official announcement on the website. The homepage has already been changed to provide visitors with information about Thunderbird 3.1, the latest available version however is [...]

Categories: Email

Mozilla Messaging has just released the second release candidate of Thunderbird 3.1 with the plan to introduce the final release of Thunderbird 3.1 in the middle of June. Thunderbird 3.1 introduces several new features to the desktop email client, among them the new quick filter toolbar to filter messages in a folder temporarily or permanently, [...]

Categories: Email

The first release candidate of the email client Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 has just been released and is now available for download at the official Mozilla Messaging site and direct update via the update check in the desktop email client. Thunderbird 3.1 will replace the Thunderbird 3.0 branch once it is released introducing several new features [...]

Categories: Email

The Google Chrome browser and its open source counterpart Chromium do not have options currently to configure default programs. Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer offer configurations to set default programs for email, videos and other file types which is handy if the default system applications or those defined in the web browser are not the [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

Phishing emails have become quite common in the past years and it has become increasingly important to verify the sender – or origin – of emails that are received. Experienced users can do that manually by checking email headers for instance. The email Sender Verification extension for Mozilla Thunderbird integrates an automatic option to verify [...]

Categories: Email