In previous posts here and here I explained how to add signatures to your outgoing emails.  I also mentioned another feature that you could use called vCard. vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard Without going into too much detail here, a vCard attached to an email you send can include [...]

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In a previous post I described how to add a plain text signature to your emails. That’s fine if you only want a very simple signature.  But what about if you want to put colour, emphasis or links in your signature?  That’s possible too – but it does require a little more work. A word [...]

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Very useful and used extensively by experts, Mail Filters aren’t often set up by novices, but Thunderbird makes them really easy to use. Why would you want to use Mail Filters? There are many reasons you might want to filter messages – have a folder for emails from family, or important emails, or unimportant emails [...]

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Add a signature to your outgoing emails to save having to type the same thing over and over. If you use Mozilla Thunderbird there’s a built-in signature feature: You can have a plain text signature very easily. To have a plain text signature: Create a text file e.g. signature.txt and save it somewhere on your [...]

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When you send an email to lots of people, and put all of their addresses either in the “To:” or “Cc:” field of your email client, you send everyone’s email address to everyone you send the email to. This is at best bad manners, and at worst a serious breach of privacy – they may [...]

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These are Add-ons which I either have installed now, or have had in the past and found useful. They are listed in a semi-favourite order: 1=best Oh and BTW, they used to be called “extensions”, so don’t be confused if you read that somewhere To install, drag the (install) link from this page to an [...]

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Similar to the series of posts about “Free” alternatives (which are just as good if not better than the paid-for software), there are also “better” alternatives to some other free programs that most people use without thinking. Use Mozilla Thunderbird (Tb) instead of Outlook Express (OE) It’s been so long since I used OE, I [...]

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