How to perform a Search Let’s say you see the phrase “I like Minotaur” and want to search the web for Minotaur. Just highlight the word “Minotaur“, then right-click and select Search Bing for “Minotaur” Thunderbird will show the search results in your default browser. How to change the search engine By default, Bing is set…
Changing the date or time of an event Locate the event you wish to edit in the appropriate calendar and right-click on it. Choose the Open option. In the From and To fields, make the desired changes. Other fields may be changed as well if desired. Once all changes have been made, click the Save and Close button. Congratulations, the time or date…
Background If you need to set up a meeting, and keep track of who’s attending and who is not, Lightning can do this as well as allow you to send invitations to people who do not have Thunderbird/Lightning, including Microsoft Outlook users! Creating the Event Create a new event in Lightning, by either going to…
If you have subscribed to a calendar using the caldav protocol, you might have experienced that if you have created an event and added other people to join it, there seems to be no invitation send out when saving the event. Apart from not having an email identity associated to this calendar, that could be…
This walk-through also assumes that you have already created a new calendar. If not, please read the Creating New Calendars article first. Table of Contents Creating an event The Edit recurrence window Creating an event Click the File menu at the top of the Thunderbird window, select the New submenu and select Event. Fill in the Title, Location, Start and End fields. Select the calendar that the event…
Accessing calendar preferences To change the preferences of a single calendar, either double-click on it or highlight the calendar you want to edit, then click the Edit menu from the top and select Calendar properties. Available options Calendar Name: Here you can choose to change the name of your calendar, for example from Home to Private. Color: By clicking on the box next…
Installing a holiday calendar You can either download and import a calendar into Lightning or you can simply subscribe to a calendar by copying the URL and then adding it as a new remote calendar file. Install the calendar locally With this method, the calendar file is stored on your hard disk and will be…
Mail Composition Various improvements have been made to mail composition. The sender name (From) can now be edited per message to allow for one-off adjustments. Note: Not all mail providers allow this functionality. When using more than one spell check dictionary, the dictionary can now be selected while entering the message subject. There is also a language indicator showing the…
Firefox and Thunderbird install an optional service called the Mozilla Maintenance Service which allows application updates to occur in the background, without requiring you to click Yes in the Windows User Account Control (UAC) dialog. How does the Mozilla Maintenance Service work? When Firefox or Thunderbird downloads an application update, the Mozilla Maintenance Service gets permission from…
Using Thunderbird, it’s possible to have multiple calendars. You can create these in Calendar Mode or in Task Mode. Table of Contents Creating a new calendar On your computer – local calendars On the Network iCalendar (ICS) CalDAV Sun Java System Calendar Server (WCAP) Google Calendar Creating a new calendar Right-click in the calendar list on…
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