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Attachments
This comes first, because it's important for you to understand. In Thunderbird, attachments are delivered as part of the message, not as a separate file. This is good, because it means you won't end up with "orphaned" attachments (where the message has been deleted, but the attachment is still taking up space in your Attachments folder) as often happened with Eudora. On the other hand, it means you can inadvertently delete an attachment. Please please please read our Attachments page for all the details.
Signatures
As delivered, Thunderbird lets you create a single signature file, which is added to the end of every message you send. See our Signatures page for details.
Extensions are available that let you create and choose from multiple signatures. See our Extensions page for more information about the abilities and limitations of extensions.
New Text Above or Below Quoted Text
When replying to a message (or forwarding one), you can configure Thunderbird to put your new text either at the top of the message (before the quoted text) or at the bottom (after the quoted text). Our Options page has all the details.
Allow Text Formatting
You can choose whether Thunderbird will send your messages as plain text or allow you to format them with fonts, colors, links, images, etc. See our Options page for more information.
Nicknames & Address Books
The Cards in Thunderbird's Address Book will remind you of Eudora's Nicknames. Where Eudora had "groups" (collections of addresses or nicknames), Thunderbird has Lists (collections of addresses or cards). Thunderbird's Address Book can store many more types of information -- multiple phone numbers, addresses, and custom fields -- but they're all optional, so ignore them unless you find them useful. In addition, Thunderbird can search Cornell's Electronic directory on the fly, which is very convenient. Find out more on our Address Book page.
Last updated:
May 23, 2007
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