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

browser.display.background_color

string

"#000000"

browser.display.foreground_color

string

"#FFFFFF"

Check all IMAP folders for new email (can get noisy)

mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new

boolean

true

Wrap long lines in the email composition window

mail.compose.wrap_to_window_width

boolean

true

Kill graphical emoticons

mail.display_glyph

boolean

false

Forward emails inline

mail.forward_message_mode

integer

2

Prompt user before running automatic compacting on mail

mail.prompt_purge_threshhold

boolean

true

mail.purge.ask

boolean

true

Show full email addresses (for known contacts)

mail.showCondensedAddresses

boolean

false

Add extra SMTP headers to the 'Normal' headers viewed

mailnews.headers.extraExpandedHeaders

string (space delimited, no colons)

"X-Spam-Status List-Id X-Greylist"

By default sort descending by order received

mailnews.default_sort_order

integer

2

mailnews.default_sort_type

integer

21

View email as text

mailnews.display.html_as

integer

1

mailnews.display.prefer_plaintext

boolean

true

BradsWiki: Thunderbird (last edited 2010-04-26 01:09:54 by BradleyDean)