My Thunderbird Notes - Revision history

Paul at 09:16, 23 March 2025

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			== BetterBird ==
			I now use BetterBird. For information on BetterBird go to https://www.betterbird.eu/

			Why? Thunderbird would take minutes to download daily emails. I installed BetterBird, and the same amount of email took a few seconds. BetterBird is simply a more effiicient and faster version of Thunderbird.

	== My Thunderbird Notes ==		== My Thunderbird Notes ==
	Welcome! I recommend Thunderbird as an e-mail client to virtually everyone. I also get frequent questions about various Thunderbird configurations so I decided to create My Thunderbird Notes page. There are other places on the Internet that explain, at various levels of detail, the ways to configure Thunderbird but most sites are usually ad supported. I prefer ad free and lots of screen captures. Hopefully these pages will help others with Thunderbird questions.		Welcome! I used to recommend Thunderbird as an e-mail client to virtually everyone. I also get frequent questions about various Thunderbird configurations so I decided to create My Thunderbird Notes page. There are other places on the Internet that explain, at various levels of detail, the ways to configure Thunderbird but most sites are usually ad supported. I prefer ad free and lots of screen captures. Hopefully these pages will help others with Thunderbird questions.

	== Composition Options ==		== Composition Options ==

Paul: /* Signatures */

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	=== Signatures ===		=== Signatures ===

			==== Create or Change Signature Settings ====

			On Thunderbird main menu go to Tools > Account Settings. Select the account you wish to create or change signature. On the right side of Account Settings window there will be a "Signature text" box. If you're using an HTML file see next section "Signature from File".

			==== Signature from File ====

	If you use default settings in Thunderbird the signature will have a different color than your text. Here is an example of a simple signature using no colors or fonts. Notice how the body of the email "This is a sample email." is black while the signature is a light grey.		If you use default settings in Thunderbird the signature will have a different color than your text. Here is an example of a simple signature using no colors or fonts. Notice how the body of the email "This is a sample email." is black while the signature is a light grey.

Paul: /* Example setting signature */

2013-02-05T02:59:32Z

Example setting signature

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	[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML05.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]		[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML05.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

	The developers of Thunderbird really should have displayed the text the way you wanted in the signature email. They didn't so you must edit the HTML by hand to force the text to be black. ~~Here is the~~ HTML ~~for the second screen capture on this page that shows the first line as black~~.		The developers of Thunderbird really should have displayed the text the way you wanted in the signature email. They didn't so you must edit the HTML by hand to force the text to be black.

			An example of a signature with HTML tweaked by hand:

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignature02.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

	<pre><html>		<pre><html>
	<head>		<head>

Paul: /* Example setting signature */

2013-02-05T02:56:10Z

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	==== Example setting signature ====		==== Example setting signature ====

	~~Create~~ the signature ~~email~~ with the format you want.		Using Thunderbird click "Write" to create a new email message and create the signature with the format you want.

	[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML01.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]		[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML01.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]
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	[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML04.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]		[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML04.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

	Write an email and ~~notice~~ the difference.		Click Write to create another email message and check out the signature. Notice the difference from your signature?

	[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML05.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]		[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML05.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

	The developers of Thunderbird really should have ~~forced~~ the text ~~to be black like what~~ you wanted in the signature email ~~but they~~ didn't so you must edit the HTML by hand to force the text to be black. Here is the HTML for the second screen capture on this page that shows the first line as black.		The developers of Thunderbird really should have displayed the text the way you wanted in the signature email. They didn't so you must edit the HTML by hand to force the text to be black. Here is the HTML for the second screen capture on this page that shows the first line as black.
	<pre><html>		<pre><html>
	<head>		<head>

Paul: /* Signatures */

2013-01-27T20:15:52Z

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	=== Signatures ===		=== Signatures ===

			If you use default settings in Thunderbird the signature will have a different color than your text. Here is an example of a simple signature using no colors or fonts. Notice how the body of the email "This is a sample email." is black while the signature is a light grey.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignature01.png\|Thunderbird text no color or font signature]]

			You can use HTML to display colors, fonts, and other characters in HTML to email clients that display HTML email. Example signature using some basic HTML.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignature02.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			You can use Thunderbird to create the HTML signature file. If you want the color black you'll have to tweak the HTML by hand.

			==== Example setting signature ====

			Create the signature email with the format you want.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML01.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			Save signature email as HTML file.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML02.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			Ensure you save as HTML file.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML03.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			Set Account Settings to attach signature from a file.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML04.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			Write an email and notice the difference.

			[[File:ThunderbirdSignatureHTML05.png\|Thunderbird HTML signature]]

			The developers of Thunderbird really should have forced the text to be black like what you wanted in the signature email but they didn't so you must edit the HTML by hand to force the text to be black. Here is the HTML for the second screen capture on this page that shows the first line as black.
			<pre><html>
			<head>

			<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
			<title></title>
			</head>
			<body>
			<b><font size="-1" face="Consolas" size="-1" color="#000000">©2013 Paul Taylor</font></b><font size="-1"><font face="Consolas"><br>
			<font size="-1"><font color="#3333ff">paul@kcnetcare.com</font><br>
			<font size="-1" color="#ff0000">Sample Signature</font><br>
			</font></font></font>
			</body>
			</html>
			</pre>
			I cleaned up the default HTML a little that Thunderbird used and specified the first line as the color #000000. If you'd like to know how to edit HTML there are a ton of Internet resources that can assist.

			That's all there is to setting up a custom HTML signature in Thunderbird.

Paul: /* Composition Options */

2013-01-27T18:55:20Z

Composition Options

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	[[File:Thunderbird02.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Options > Composition > General options]]		[[File:Thunderbird02.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Options > Composition > General options]]

			=== Send Options ===

			Click Send options. I prefer to send HTML to everyone.

			[[File:Thunderbird03.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Send Options]]


	=== Signatures ===		=== Signatures ===

Paul: /* Default colors and fonts */

2013-01-27T18:50:40Z

Default colors and fonts

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	On Menu Bar go to Tools > Options		On Menu Bar go to Tools > Options

	[[~~Image~~:Thunderbird01.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Tools menu]]		[[File:Thunderbird01.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Tools menu]]

			Select Composition > General. Change the HTML settings to what you would like.

			[[File:Thunderbird02.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Options > Composition > General options]]

	=== Signatures ===		=== Signatures ===

Paul: /* Default colors and fonts */

2013-01-27T18:30:52Z

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	=== Default colors and fonts ===		=== Default colors and fonts ===

			On Menu Bar go to Tools > Options

			[[Image:Thunderbird01.png\|Thunderbird 17.0.2 Tools menu]]

	=== Signatures ===		=== Signatures ===

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2013-01-26T18:35:48Z

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== My Thunderbird Notes ==
Welcome! I recommend Thunderbird as an e-mail client to virtually everyone. I also get frequent questions about various Thunderbird configurations so I decided to create My Thunderbird Notes page. There are other places on the Internet that explain, at various levels of detail, the ways to configure Thunderbird but most sites are usually ad supported. I prefer ad free and lots of screen captures. Hopefully these pages will help others with Thunderbird questions.

== Composition Options ==

=== Default colors and fonts ===

=== Signatures ===