Thunderbird Documentation
Welcome to the Connectivity Package's homepage for Thunderbird!
On this page you'll find the Connectivity Package's documentation on Thunderbird, NSIT's recommended email client, plus links to more documentation on the NSIT Support Line's homepage. In order to access your email, you'll need to be connected to the Internet.
Thunderbird Documentation
The following articles describe ways to make the best of Thunderbird in the University environment.
- Directory Services – look up people through the University's online (LDAP) server
- Thunderbird Quickstart – a quick introduction to Thunderbird
Open Source Tutorials (Online)
The Open Source Articles community provides a series of tutorials for Thunderbird, which is applicable to both Windows and the Mac. We've highlighted some articles that should be of particular interest to members of the University community, but you should also check out their Thunderbird tutorials homepage.
- Sending Attachments and Using the Address Book – sending attachments and using an address book in Thunderbird
- Configuring Accounts – using Thunderbird for sending and receiving mail from multiple accounts (skip down to the "Configuration" section; you can run through it multiple times for multiple accounts)
- Filtering Your Mail – configure filters to pre-sort your mail
More Documentation (Online)
The NSIT Support Line provides additional documentation for Thunderbird (and on a number of other subjects as well). Check out the articles below or stop by their searchable home page.
- Storing Mail Offline – how to store messages offline in Thunderbird
Last updated: 8/30/06
