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My previous post on Thunderbird covered methods to organize and keep up with your emails. This post will show you extra techniques to use, to speed up the process further, by using a small selection of Thunderbird addins.
QuickFolders (Folder Tabs) 0.9.9.5
This is a real time saver for storing your emails if you have a lot of Thunderbird folders. Dragging your most used folders to the QuickFolders toolbar creates shortcut tabs to them. When you want to move emails to these folders, instead of having to search among the sidebar folder tree, you now just drag an email to the folder tab you wish to store it in.
This extension displays your tags as tabs on a toolbar. Tag or untag an email quickly by clicking on the relevant tab..You can also filter the tags to be displayed by categorizing tags. For example you could add a ‘work’ category and choose to display only the tags you have categorized as work in the toolbar.
To save time you time if you send out a lot of emails containing the same text, Quicktext allows you to create templates for insertion into your mail. Creating multiple signatures is also possible.
Integrating other Email Accounts
It is not easy to get by without a Gmail account, because of all the Google applications that demand it although having an email address other than that of your IP is wise for anonymity sake.
To save time having to log into Gmail separately and reading two lots of emails it is simple to import Gmail into Thunderbird. You also create a backup of Gmail in the process. You can set up Thunderbird (and Outlook) to receive POP or IMAP email or to just forward all mail received in Gmail. Visit your Gmail Settings/Forwarding and POP/IMAP page to turn on these features and to read instructions for configuring Thunderbird to receive POP or IMAP emails.With POP the emails are downloaded to your compute, whereas with IMAP all mail is kept on the Gmail server which is a slower process.
If you don’t fancy setting things up manually, the Gmail IMAP Account Setup Thunderbird extension or Mozilla Webmail extension can help you. Webmail can also bring your Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, mail.com and Libero accounts into Thunderbird.
Google Contacts synchronizes your Google Contacts with Thunderbird saving you time having to set address cards up manually.
If you know of other Thunderbird addins or methods that save time with your email reading and storing please do let us know.
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It’s interesting to see an email program that allows plugins. This whole notion of software allowing plugins, like Firefox, could create a new model for software. I like the idea of software being able to respond to future needs for features through an open framework that allows plugins.
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Many would prefer applications that had all options included but not all utilities suit all people. Addins give you the opportunity to choose what you want without bloating the program. Many open source programs and those that allow access to their API have been doing this for years and more and more are following suit.
I love the plugins available for Firefox, in my opinion this is why it stands out above IE and Chrome. Hopefully it will be a feature for many new programs to come.
This is useful seeing that the number of emails in my Thunderbird is increasing. Having a hard time to be organised with the emails.
I know the feeing Sarah but the new methods I have talked about are working for me.
It’s good to see that TB is getting some nice plugins built for it. When I was on Windows it seemed a pretty good client, but was lacking some of the power of Outlook. However with all these plugins I am sure it will be giving M$ a run for their money.
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I have been using Thunderbird without addins for over 2 years now. Much prefer it to Outlook or Express. These addins are now making it much easier to keep on top of my emails which have grown out of all proportion over the years.
its about time that TB to have this kind of plug-in. I hope it could surpass new windows live mail and outlook.
Thunderbird has always had plugins. As I have not explored them much in the past I do not know if the number of them has increased or not.
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I have been reading your project sueblimely.com via translate.google.com. Now I want to help you. … Yesterday, I learned that you have the plugin, which is a serious error. Plugin – Top Commentators Widget. Error in plugin allows any user to take a place in the list of active commentators. To do this, leave only 1 comment! To this end, the visitor must:
1. leave a comment
2. specify any name that is already in the LIST Top Commentators (eg, Daniel),
3. link to your site
Now the list of Top Commentators, under the name Daniel will be a link on someone else’s site.
Detailed, I described here – http://www.vse-ok.com/2009/03/17/bag-v-plagine-top-commentators-widget-dayot-eshhyo-odnu-lazejku-dlya-optimizatorov
Thank you for telling me about this CPU. This applies to any comment made on a blog. Dishonest people can put any name in the comment name box and link to any site they want. I have changed my name to Sue in this message.
Sue, I’ve noticed the problem on other sites as well. Maybe the plugin author will fix it soon. To be clear, the problem is that when someone uses the name of another person already on the Top Commenters List, they can replace the URL of that name. In this way, the person can get a link to their site. Still, this isn’t a major problem because the issue is resolved as soon as the real person with that name adds another comment, because at that moment the URL is restored.
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It appears that the Top Commentators’s author has already fixed this problem by releasing version 1.06. Read a blog post on the topic here: http://www.adesblog.com/2009/03/20/show-top-commentators-wordpress-plugin/
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I am very glad to read this comment as I have noticed such peculiar commenting on my blog too. I am now taking corrective action. Thank you.
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Thank you. It is everything that you had led us to wait for.
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Thanks for sharing. I just started using Thunderbird and I really like it much better than Outlook. I’m excited about giving these a try.
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Have a great day!
Fortunately I now have more time than enough ! I am retired, lol !
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Great post, very informative. I think a lot of people will find this very useful.Keep post in coming future as well!!!
Thunderbird has always had plugins. As I have not explored them much in the past, because i dont need these plug ins or tools, i like it simple.
Agreed I do not like to overload programs with plugins but the few I mention here I find indespensable.
Thank you again. I have just installed Mozilla Webmail Extension and can confidently endorse your recommendation.
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Glad you like it Nicole. I find it much quicker reading all mail from one application and it lets me organize them more efficiently too.
Hello,
I use the email program that allows plugins, like Firefox,
This programs they help a lot in the work that i do in internet its a very nice tool to work.
I just started using Thunderbird and its also very good tool.
Thank you
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It takes a while to learn the extra features available but it is worth it but if you are used to one email program you can be up and running using TB straight away.
I wish there was a plugin that would organize my folders by alphabetical order. right now i have over 90 email address accounts in thunderbird and they are not in abc order!
Try this TB extension to reorder your email accounts:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/258
Oh Sweet! Hah, it took me so long to get back to this article, but I just tried out that plugin, it rocks!
Thanks!
-Jean
Great.. I must install the addins now.. Thanks for sharing..
It’s good to see that TB is getting some nice plugins built for it. When I was on Windows it seemed a pretty good client, but was lacking some of the power of Outlook. However with all these plugins I am sure it will be giving M$ a run for their money.
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Yes , ThunderBird Is good email client as compared to outlook. I used thunderbird few months back But Now I am using Bat . Its much easier to use . I think you should give it a try too
I use ThunderBird and the folder tabs look like they will be really helpful for me. I can see quicktext being pretty helpful too, so I might look into adding that also.
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Thunderbird addins as you admired and taught being very helpful to manage and made our work much easy.
Another great Thunderbird addon is Lightning, which allows you to manage your daily schedule directly within Thunderbird. It is available here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
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That sounds interesting! thanks a lot for the great share.
I’m actualy using The Bat! and I’m loving it. I wish it had so many add-ons as thunderbird though. It’s the same as with browsers – opera is 100 times better than firefox but there’s almost no plugins for it.
Thanks for the sharing
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About story i already use mozilla firefox
but i dont like Thunderbird is so hard for me!
Nice information sharing. I will try Thunderbird.
Thunderbird given one more useful plugin from it Bunch, sure will try out hope it will be useful.
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Excellent addons. I’m going to check these out. Thanks for compiling!
I’m already a big user of addons in Thunderbird but there are a couple of interesting ones on the list that I haven’t tried out before. Especially like the look of ‘Quick Folders’ as I’m always struggling to keep things organized!
Thank you these will help a lot with my review in preparation for the test.
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Thunderbird always been great for Plug in, as mentioned in site it save a lot of time.
Always looking for more addons and plugins. Will have to see if this can work for me.
Thunderbird is really great for plug in and these are very useful techniques here for using it nicely.
Great post sue.. but i dont like have too much plugin, i better like keep it simple..
Interesting post, it helps me in my research, thanks!
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Thank you for your excellent plugin. Installed addins now.
Excellent addons, thanks for informing
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I know the feeing Sarah but the new methods I have talked about are working for me.
Good thunderbird add ons. It’s really useful for everyone. I will download this quick folder addon. Thanks.
Are these available for the mac Thunderbird version?
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We use thumberbids addons that is good and helpful for people.
Thunderbird has always had plugins. As I have not explored them much in the past I do not know if the number of them has increased or not.
Wow! That’s interesting. I will check your blog regularly. Good luck..
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Nice FF tools, i will install and see the result!
Hi, This is very useful seeing that the number of emails in my Thunderbird is increasing. Having a hard time to be organised with the emails.
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I have two hotmail accounts that I want to use with thunderbird. The problem is, only one of them works. The other account cant seem to connect to the internet, I get the error “connection to server timed out.”
Windows Live Mail (used to be Hotmail) recently changed their structure a bit, opening up POP3 access to mail clients (for other programs and phones). That might have changed some settings for you.
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I have been unable to connect Hotmail to Thunderbird myself. gmail works fine.
Many would prefer applications that had all options included but not all utilities suit all people. Addins give you the opportunity to choose what you want without bloating the program. Many open source programs and those that allow access to their API have been doing this for years and more and more are following suit.
Great! Not enough people put together lists of Thunderbird addins, there where a few here I hadn’t heard of.
I’ve been trying to install some add-ons but they won’t work I keep getting this error message : could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox.
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i’m trying to download my e-mail from my live.com account using thunderbird. i downloaded the webmail and hotmail addons, and set it up according to the instructions.
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I appreciate that the Mozilla has designed the facility of addons in their applications like firefox, thunderbird etc to make it popular and easier to use!
I highly appreciate these time-saving tips because time = money in the modern business world!
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I just got a new laptop and would like to move all my messages (inbox and outbox) from the old computer and have it on Thunderbird on the new laptop. Can anyone explain how to do this?
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Good article. Can I use it on my blog?
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its about time that TB to have this kind of plug-in. I hope it could surpass new windows live mail and outlook.
From my own practice I can say that it’s really convenient to have at least 2 separate e-mails: one for your work correspondence and one more for private purposes.
Thunderbird has always had plugins. As I have not explored them much in the past I do not know if the number of them has increased or not.
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Thanks for providing such useful time-saving tips. Thay are also money saving, to my mind, because time+money nowadays.
its about time that TB to have this kind of plug-in. I hope it could surpass new windows live mail and outlook.
Hey,
I actually started to use some Thunderbird addons, and I find them very useful, as this post is too:)
Warm wishes,
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