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=Introduction=
=Introduction=
Email (or simply mail) is a digital equivalent of sending a letter to a person. Just like a letter is written to a person, for a purpose, an email is also sent to another person (or persons, or a group of persons).
Email requires Internet connectivity, checking web-mail (logging into on-line email) requires continuous connectivity. However, in many situations, we do not have internet connectivity. If we use a ‘email client’ then emails can be ‘downloaded’ to your computer, in which case they can be read and processed even when there is no connectivity. Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular email client. Secondly, if you have more than one email account, you can configure all of them in Thunderbird, so that you can read all your mails in one place.
We will assume that you are familiar with using email features such as:
1. Composing and sending a mail. Replying to and forwarding a mail. Deleting unwanted mails
2. Creating folders for storing mails (classification of mails by topic or by sender or by yea
==ICT Competency==
==ICT Competency==
Connecting and learning
Connecting and learning
Microsoft Outlook is a proprietary email client, so is gmail.
Microsoft Outlook is a proprietary email client, so is gmail.
==Development and community help==
==Development and community help==
1. User manual for Thunderbird is available on http://support.live.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/20160711140201 <br>
2. Community forum is at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-community-support<br>
3. [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Official Website]
=Working with the application=
=Working with the application=
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 1- Configuring your gmail to allow mail download to your computer / mail client
|style="width: 50%;|Step 1- Configuring your gmail to allow mail download to your computer / mail client
You can read your Gmail messages from a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.
You can read your Gmail messages from a client or device that supports POP, like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.
When you open Thunderbird for the first time you need to create a mail account (your existing e-mail account).
When you open Thunderbird for the first time you need to create a mail account (your existing e-mail account).
Go to File → New → Mail Account.
Go to File → New → Mail Account.
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 3-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 2 providing the email account / id and password
|style="width: 50%;|Step 3-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – step 2 providing the email account / id and password
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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|550px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Thunderbird_6_Seeing_receiving_and_sending_email.png}}
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 5-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – this is the screen
|style="width: 50%;|Step 5-Configuring your Thunderbird mail client – this is the screen
Click on Get messages (for receiving), and Write (for replying)
Click on Get messages (for receiving), and Write (for replying)
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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|550px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Thunderbird_8_tagging_emails_as_reminders.png}}
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 7-Categorizing mails by storing in folders and sub folders. Right click on any folder to create a ‘sub-folder’ to that folder.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 7-Categorizing mails by storing in folders and sub folders. Right click on any folder to create a ‘sub-folder’ to that folder.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 8-Tagging mails for setting reminders
|style="width: 50%;|Step 8-Tagging mails for setting reminders
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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|550px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Thunderbird_10_Sending_mail_when_offline.png}}
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 9-Storing a mail drafts folder if still not completed.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 9-Storing a mail drafts folder if still not completed.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 10-Sending a mail to ‘Outbox’ folder, when off-line, to send later when connected to Internet (A mail once ready to be sent, can be saved in the ‘Outbox’ folder by typing CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER at same time, this will save the message in the Outbox folder. This is useful to do, if you do not have connectivity at that time. Later, when you get connected to the Internet, you can right click on the Outbox folder to ‘send unsent messages’.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 10-Sending a mail to ‘Outbox’ folder, when off-line, to send later when connected to Internet (A mail once ready to be sent, can be saved in the ‘Outbox’ folder by typing CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER at same time, this will save the message in the Outbox folder. This is useful to do, if you do not have connectivity at that time. Later, when you get connected to the Internet, you can right click on the Outbox folder to ‘send unsent messages’.
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|style="width: 50%;|{{ext-img|550px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Thunderbird_12_search_mails.png}}
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 11-You can create a ‘mail filter’ by clicking on Tools → Message Filters – New. You can move any mail satisfying your condition (a particular sender email id) to a specified folder etc. This feature can be used to move ‘group’ or mailing list emails to a separate folder, without flooding your inbox
|style="width: 50%;|Step 11-You can create a ‘mail filter’ by clicking on Tools → Message Filters – New. You can move any mail satisfying your condition (a particular sender email id) to a specified folder etc. This feature can be used to move ‘group’ or mailing list emails to a separate folder, without flooding your inbox
Sender id, Receiver id, With / without attachments, Size of file, Age of mail etc
Sender id, Receiver id, With / without attachments, Size of file, Age of mail etc
You can also have combinations of parameters using both “AND” and “OR” claus.
You can also have combinations of parameters using both “AND” and “OR” claus.
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==File formats for creation==
==File formats for creation==
Not Aplicable
==Saving the file==
==Saving the file==
==Export and publishing files==
==Export and publishing files==
A mail can also be printed or exported to PDF. You can also create an image file from Thunderbird through the using the screenshot application.
==Advanced features==
==Advanced features==
=Installation=
=Installation=
1 From Software center -Type Thunderbird in search bar and then click install<br>
2 From terminal <br>
sudo apt-get install thunderbird
3 Web download - Click here to download it from website <br>
4 Web based registration
=The application on mobiles and tablets=
=The application on mobiles and tablets=
Thunderbird is not available on mobiles and tablets. There are apps available for Android, for downloading and processing email, such as K-9 mail
=Ideas for resource creation=
=Ideas for resource creation=
Thunderbird is a tool for connecting, not for creating.
=References=
=References=
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird wikipedia]
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