I'm a real fan of tabs in email, and I appreciate the presence of them in Yahoo's webmail interface. That is, I put the Write (aka Compose) button at the top left, replacing Thunderbird's default of Get Mail.Īs in Firefox, tabs are the preeminent interface hallmark of Thunderbird. Just as with Firefox, you can choose which buttons you want showing and where – thankfully, because the default choices weren't what I was accustomed to. You can hide or display the typical menu items, File, Edit, and so on, but you'll probably use the button bar below that most often, for starting a new email, replying, and refreshing the inbox, among other things. But you can't get the couple of lines preview inside the inbox entries as you can with Outlook.Īll the panels are completely resizable. InterfaceĪs with every email client, you'll see the panel of accounts and folders down the left, the inbox, and an optional email preview pane below, or even in the latest layout favoured by Outlook, with the preview to the right (from Options, Layout). In the same step, you can also import your account settings and mail folders. It's a simple matter of opening the Address Book, and choosing Tools, then Import. If you're switching to Thunderbird from Outlook, you can import your contact list. Search on your first and last name for these to come up with email matches Hover actually could create for me for $20 (£13) a year.
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This took me to two provider choices, and. To create a custom email account, click on the top choice in your folder list, Local Folders, and under Accounts, click Create a new account. Without those, you can still take advantage of SSL and TLS security. A more advanced option lets you send and receive digitally signed and encrypted messages, but you'll need valid certificates for this to work. Alternatively, the new account wizard lets you configure new accounts manually, if you know the server addresses and settings. Like Outlook 2013, the software can automatically determine your required server addresses and settings for the major mail providers.
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Yahoo Mail users, unfortunately, have to upgrade to the $19.99 (£13) per year Mail Plus version to get server access. Using Thunderbird instead of the web versions of these services also means you won't have to look at ads. Checking the Help pages for any of these services turns up the POP3 or IMAP and SMPT (for outgoing email) server addresses for setup. So if you use Gmail, Hotmail, or even the new, for example, you'll be able to set up Thunderbird as your mail client software.
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Though you can't set Thunderbird up with an Exchange server's full capabilities, you can hook it up using POP3 or IMAP servers.