Thunderbird is an email client released by Mozilla the same foundation that is behind the Firefox web browser. Mozilla Thunderbird is also one of the most popular email clients on the web and is used by many users of Firefox. Mozilla Thunderbird essentially functions in a manner similar to Outlook, the native email client prer-installed in Windows OS’s. Thunderbird basically synchronises itself with your email account(s). it can manage multiple email accounts. What happens is that Thunderbird downloads email from email accounts, creates local copies and can then be used to view the email offline. This is useful in creating a backup and in create an archive of email. Thunderbird has various advantages over other email clients. It is free (and open source). It is also multi-platform and multi-lingual. And most of all, it allows a person to customize it with add-ons in much the same way as Firefox add-ons work. Indeed, the User Interface of Thunderbird shares several similarities with Firefox. Here is a list of some useful and important Thunderbird add-ons that are a must have for the compulsive emailer. Attachment Extractor – This add-on does exactly what it states – it extracts email attachments from an email. For compulsive emailers, the email inbox is quite large with many heavy files. Thus, this add-on allows you to detach the attachments from the email. This attachments can then be saved or deleted as is acceptable. Thus, this add-on is very useful. It allows a person to create a backup of various files and documents. It allows a person to delete useless attachments. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/556/ Send Later – This add-on also does what its name states. It allows a person to compose an email and send it at a later date. This is useful if a person wants to send an email at a specific time but will not be available. It is also useful in sending emails of birthdays and such occasions. Additionally, it can also be used as a reminder for the person himself (by adding the email address in the CC field). http://www.unsignedbyte.com/?page_id=4 Auto Zip Attachments – Compressing files saves space and also secures the file. It is also useful in sending a large number of files once. This add-on adds a button near the Compose button that allows a person to zip any files to be included in an email. It does this in a single one-click process. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4003 Nostalgy – This Thunderbird add-on allows an individual to create one-key keyboard shortcuts for the various functions in Thunderbird. It allows a person to assign a single key to such task as copying or deleting email. This is useful in saving time and in getting work done with relative ease. http://alain.frisch.fr/soft_mozilla.html Remove Duplicate Messages – Email usually contains duplicate messages. This Thunderbird add-on allows a person to scan and remove duplicate email from any selected folder or sub-folder. This allows a person to easily arrange email and save space by then deleting such duplicate messages. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/956 Change – This Thunderbird add-on acts as a currency converter. It allows a person to convert into 37 different currencies – all from the convenience of your Email client. It is useful for many people whose work involves a number of currencies. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/3399 Quick Folders (Tabbed Folders) – This Thunderbird add-on allows a person to turn important folders into tabs. This creates a neat appearance and saves time – time that would have been wasted looking for the email and scrolling through the various folders and sub-folders. It also allows a person to use categories for filtering. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/3254/ eMark – This of web bookmarks in email. This add-on does just that. It allows you to bookmark important and crucial email. These booksmarks can be used to mark important email and email that needs to be rechecked. It essentially allows a person to link to emails that are of more concern that the rest. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/9851/ Lightning – This Thunderbird add-on acts as a scheduler from within your email. It allows to schedule your day and allot tasks to a specific times. It synchronies itself with various calendars including network calendars. It is very useful since it allows a person to keep track of email and his/her schedule as well as modify a schedule easily based on the email received. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313/ Contacts Sidebar – This Thunderbird add-on takes your contact list and displays it in a sidebar next to the compose and email pane. This is quite handy since it allows you to check your contacts at a glance. It can be then toggled with the It can be then toggled with the F4 key or by the toolbar. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/70/
"...Send Later – This add-on also does what its name states. It allows a person to compose an email and send it at a later date. This is useful if a person wants to send an email at a specific time but will not be available. It is also useful in sending emails of birthdays and such occasions. Additionally, it can also be used as a reminder for the person himself (by adding the email address in the CC field)..." and "...Contacts Sidebar – This Thunderbird add-on takes your contact list and displays it in a sidebar next to the compose and email pane. This is quite handy since it allows you to check your contacts at a glance. It can be then toggled with the It can be then toggled with the F4 key or by the toolbar...." Thanks for this post, I'll DEFINITELY use those 2. I've always hated having contacts "hidden" from main screen. On first glance, I probable won't be using any of the other ones u mentioned, but these 2 ARE ones I can't do without...thnx again
I'm using thunderbird at the moment and I'm gonna try these add-ons. The best is the world clock add-on as I am working for a company in a different timezone.