Mozilla Thunderbird
Some helpful configuration tips for working with Thunderbird
If you're used to working with light text on a dark background I've found this theme to be pretty handy: PitchDark for Thunderbird
The config reference is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_and_news_settings
Under the general (non-account) preferences Advanced tab you'll find a Config Editor button. You can also edit these by updating prefs.js directly. Here's some settings I've found useful:
Setting |
Type |
Value |
The colours for the email-view windows/pane |
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browser.display.background_color |
string |
"#000000" |
browser.display.foreground_color |
string |
"#FFFFFF" |
Check all IMAP folders for new email (can get noisy) |
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mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new |
boolean |
true |
Wrap long lines in the email composition window |
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mail.compose.wrap_to_window_width |
boolean |
true |
Kill graphical emoticons |
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mail.display_glyph |
boolean |
false |
Forward emails inline |
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mail.forward_message_mode |
integer |
2 |
Prompt user before running automatic compacting on mail |
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mail.prompt_purge_threshhold |
boolean |
true |
mail.purge.ask |
boolean |
true |
Show full email addresses (for known contacts) |
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mail.showCondensedAddresses |
boolean |
false |
Add extra SMTP headers to the 'Normal' headers viewed |
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mailnews.headers.extraExpandedHeaders |
string (space delimited, no colons) |
"X-Spam-Status List-Id X-Greylist" |
By default sort descending by order received |
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mailnews.default_sort_order |
integer |
2 |
mailnews.default_sort_type |
integer |
21 |
View email as text |
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mailnews.display.html_as |
integer |
1 |
mailnews.display.prefer_plaintext |
boolean |
true |