I’m not sure why the developers of the Thunderbird email client have made the decision to limit the visible characters of email attachments in the desktop email application. Attachments in the email client are displayed with a maximum of 14 characters in the beginning, a few dots and one character in the end. That’s problematic [...]

Categories: Email, Tutorials Basic

We have covered a Thunderbird add-on in the past to change the email folder sort order in the mail client which is handy to move the important folders to the top, and the unimportant ones to the bottom of the email folder listing. Folders were still restricted by the email account order in the folder [...]

Categories: Email

The email client Thunderbird will receive an update later today that raises the version of the application to 3.1.5. The new version is currently distributed to worldwide mirror services to prepare for the rush when the official release announcement is publicized. Thunderbird users can check for the new version in the email client, by clicking [...]

Categories: Email

When it comes to email discussions with multiple participants, it sometimes happens that the discussion takes a turn that is no longer of interest to individual users. This can be a discussion on a mailing list for instance, where other members of the list discuss specific topics. Being part of the mailing list however means [...]

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

A new version of the desktop email client Mozilla Thunderbird has been released, raising the version of the client to 3.1.3. The new release is currently distributed to mirror servers to guarantee a rapid deployment for all users once the update notifications are displayed in the email client and on the official website. The release [...]

Categories: Email

Emails can be composed as HTML or plain text messages. HTML emails mainly offer the advantage of better formatting options over plain text emails. It is for instance possible to add bold or underlined text, lists or images. HTML emails on the other hand are considered a security and privacy risk. It is for instance [...]

Categories: Email, Tutorials Basic

Mozilla Messaging has just released a new version of the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. The new version raises the version of the email client to 3.1.2. The developers consider the release a stability fix. Bugzilla lists seven bugs that have been fixed in the new release. Two of the bugs have been rated as major, [...]

Categories: Email