1 00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Welcome to the Tutorial on Introduction to Mozilla Thunderbird 2 00:00:04 --> 00:00:08 In this tutorial we will learn about Mozilla Thunderbird and 3 00:00:09 --> 00:00:12 How to download, install and launch Thunderbird. 4 00:00:13 --> 00:00:14 We will also learn how to: 5 00:00:15 --> 00:00:19 Configure a new email account Download and read messages 6 00:00:20 --> 00:00:25 Compose and send mail messages Log out of Thunderbird 7 00:00:26 --> 00:00:28 Mozilla Thunderbird,Is a simple email client. 8 00:00:29 --> 00:00:34 It is a cross platform software, which means it can run on various operating systems. 9 00:00:35 --> 00:00:38 It allows you to download email messages 10 00:00:39 --> 00:00:41 From your other mail accounts To your local computer. 11 00:00:42 --> 00:00:46 It also lets you manage multiple email accounts. 12 00:00:47 --> 00:00:49 Thunderbird also has some advanced features. 13 00:00:50 --> 00:01:00 You can import all your email data like Mail folders and Address book from other mail accounts like Gmail, Yahoo and Eudora 14 00:01:01 --> 00:01:03 If you use POP3, you can 15 00:01:04 --> 00:01:08 Combine all POP3 accounts into a Single Inbox in Thunderbird. 16 00:01:09 --> 00:01:11 You can group messages by attributes such as 17 00:01:12 --> 00:01:17 Date, Sender,Priority or a Custom label. 18 00:01:18 --> 00:01:25 Here we are using Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04. 19 00:01:26 --> 00:01:32 If you do not have Mozilla Thunderbird installed on your computer, you can install it by using Ubuntu Software Centre. 20 00:01:33 --> 00:01:39 For more information on Ubuntu Software Centre,Please visit this website. 21 00:01:40 --> 00:01:45 You can also download and install Thunderbird from the Mozilla website. 22 00:01:46 --> 00:01:47 Mozilla Thunderbird is also available for 23 00:01:48 --> 00:01:55 Microsoft Windows 2000 or later versions such as MS Windows XP or MS Windows 7. 24 00:01:56 --> 00:02:01 For more information about this, please visit the Mozilla website. 25 00:02:02 --> 00:02:07 To use Mozilla Thunderbird,You must have at least two valid email addresses. 26 00:02:08 --> 00:02:14 You must also ensure that POP3 option is enabled in the email accounts 27 00:02:15 --> 00:02:18 And you must ensure that you are connected to the Internet. 28 00:02:19 --> 00:02:21 Let’s launch Thunderbird. 29 00:02:22 --> 00:02:28 First, click on Dash Home, which is the round button, on the top left corner of your computer desktop. 30 00:02:29 --> 00:02:30 The Search box appears. 31 00:02:31 --> 00:02:36 Now type Thunderbird. The Thunderbird icon appears. 32 00:02:37 --> 00:02:39 Click on it to open the application. 33 00:02:40 --> 00:02:42 The Mail Account Setup dialogue box opens. 34 00:02:43 --> 00:02:48 Let’s close this by clicking on the Red Cross button on the top-left. 35 00:02:49 --> 00:02:52 The Mozilla Thunderbird application opens. 36 00:02:53 --> 00:02:58 First, let’s familiarise ourselves with the Mozilla Thunderbird interface. 37 00:02:59 --> 00:03:04 The Mozilla Thunderbird interface has a Main menu with various options. 38 00:03:05 --> 00:03:10 Short cut icons are available below the Main menu on the Menu bar. 39 00:03:11 --> 00:03:17 For example, there are shortcut icons for Get Mail, Write, and Address Book. 40 00:03:18 --> 00:03:20 Thunderbird is divided into two panels. 41 00:03:21 --> 00:03:25 The left panel displays the folders in your Thunderbird account. 42 00:03:26 --> 00:03:32 As we have not configured a mail account yet, this panel will not display any folders now. 43 00:03:33 --> 00:03:40 The right panel consists of options for Email, Accounts, Advanced Features and so on. 44 00:03:41 --> 00:03:43 For the purpose of this tutorial, we have already 45 00:03:44 --> 00:03:47 Created two email accounts.for the purpose of this tutorial. They are: 46 00:03:48 --> 00:03:55 STUSERONE at gmail dot com STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in 47 00:03:56 --> 00:04:01 We recommend that you use 2 of your email accounts. 48 00:04:02 --> 00:04:06 I have also enabled the POP3 option in these two mail accounts. 49 00:04:07 --> 00:04:10 How did I enable POP3 in Gmail? 50 00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 First, login to the Gmail account. 51 00:04:14 --> 00:04:20 Open a fresh browser and in the address bar type www.gmail.com. 52 00:04:21 --> 00:04:29 Now enter the user name STUSERONE at gmail dot com and then the password. 53 00:04:30 --> 00:04:39 Click on the Settings icon on the top-right of the Gmail window. Click on the Settings option. 54 00:04:40 --> 00:04:47 The Settings window appears. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. 55 00:04:48 --> 00:04:52 In the POP download, I have selected Enable POP for all mail'. 56 00:04:53 --> 00:04:55 Then click Save Changes. 57 00:04:56 --> 00:04:57 The Gmail Mail window appears. 58 00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 POP3 is now enabled in Gmail! 59 00:05:02 --> 00:05:07 Let’s log out of Gmail and close this browser. 60 00:05:08 --> 00:05:14 Let’s configure the STUSERONE at gmail dot com account in Thunderbird. 61 00:05:15 --> 00:05:18 Gmail accounts are automatically configured by Thunderbird. 62 00:05:19 --> 00:05:25 We shall learn about manual configurations for other email accounts in later tutorials. 63 00:05:26 --> 00:05:30 First, make sure that your network connection is configured correctly. 64 00:05:31 --> 00:05:35 From the Main menu, select Edit and Preferences. 65 00:05:36 --> 00:05:38 The Thunderbird Preferences dialog box appears. 66 00:05:39 --> 00:05:47 Click on Advanced, select Network and DiskSpace tab and click Settings. 67 00:05:48 --> 00:05:55 In the Connection Settings dialog box, select the Use system proxy settings option. 68 00:05:56 --> 00:05:59 Click OK.Click Close. 69 00:06:00 --> 00:06:04 Now, let’s create a new account using the Accounts option. 70 00:06:05 --> 00:06:11 From the right panel of the Thunderbird under Accounts, click Create a New Account. 71 00:06:12 --> 00:06:16 The Mail Account Setup dialog box appears. 72 00:06:17 --> 00:06:19 Enter the Name as STUSERONE. 73 00:06:20 --> 00:06:26 Enter the Email address as STUSERONE at gmail dot com. 74 00:06:27 --> 00:06:31 And, finally, enter the password of the Gmail account. 75 00:06:32 --> 00:06:35 Next, click on Continue. 76 00:06:36 --> 00:06:41 The message Configuration found in Mozilla ISP database appears. 77 00:06:42 --> 00:06:45 Next, select POP3. 78 00:06:46 --> 00:06:48 Some times an Error message, 79 00:06:49 --> 00:06:52 Thunderbird failed to find the settings may be displayed 80 00:06:53 --> 00:06:58 This indicates, that Thunderbird was not able to configure Gmail settings automatically. 81 00:06:59 --> 00:07:03 In such a case, you must configure the settings manually. 82 00:07:04 --> 00:07:07 Now, click on the Manual Config button. 83 00:07:08 --> 00:07:11 The configuration settings for Gmail are displayed. 84 00:07:12 --> 00:07:18 As Thunderbird has already configured Gmail settings correctly, we will not change them. 85 00:07:19 --> 00:07:23 Pause this video and make a note of these settings. 86 00:07:24 --> 00:07:29 To configure Gmail manually, you must enter these settings in the respective fields. 87 00:07:30 --> 00:07:35 When the settings are configured manually, the Create Account button is enabled. 88 00:07:36 --> 00:07:40 In this tutorial, Thunderbird has configured Gmail correctly. 89 00:07:41 --> 00:07:43 So, let’s click Create Account. 90 00:07:44 --> 00:07:51 This could take a few minutes depending on your Internet speed. 91 00:07:52 --> 00:07:55 The Gmail account is created and is displayed on the right panel. 92 00:07:56 --> 00:08:03 Note, that the left panel now displays the Email ID STUSERONE at gmail dot com. 93 00:08:04 --> 00:08:08 Under this Gmail account, various mail folders are displayed. 94 00:08:09 --> 00:08:17 Now, from the left panel, under the Gmail account, click Inbox.Click the Get Mail icon. 95 00:08:18 --> 00:08:21 Note the status bar at the bottom of the Thunderbird window. 96 00:08:22 --> 00:08:26 It displays the number of messages that are being downloaded. 97 00:08:27 --> 00:08:35 All email messages from the Gmail account STUSERONE at gmail dot come are now downloaded into the Inbox. 98 00:08:36 --> 00:08:38 Click on Inbox and select a message. 99 00:08:39 --> 00:08:42 The message is displayed in the panel below. 100 00:08:43 --> 00:08:45 Let’s double-click on the message. 101 00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 It opens in a new tab. 102 00:08:49 --> 00:08:54 Let’s close this tab, by clicking on the X icon, at the top right of the tab. 103 00:08:55 --> 00:09:02 Let’s compose a message and send it to the account STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in 104 00:09:03 --> 00:09:06 From the Mail toolbar, click Write. 105 00:09:07 --> 00:09:09 The Write dialog box appears. 106 00:09:10 --> 00:09:13 The From field, displays your name and the Gmail ID. 107 00:09:14 --> 00:09:19 In the To field, let’s enter STUSERTWO at yahoo dot in 108 00:09:20 --> 00:09:28 Let’s type the text Hi, I now have an email account in Thunderbird! in the body of the mail. 109 00:09:29 --> 00:09:32 Now, let’s select the text and increase the font size. 110 00:09:33 --> 00:09:39 Now, click the Larger font size Icon.This increases the Font size. 111 00:09:40 --> 00:09:46 To change the colour of the text, first select it and click the Choose colour for text icon. 112 00:09:47 --> 00:09:54 The Text Color dialog box appears. Let’s click Red and click OK. 113 00:09:55 --> 00:09:57 The color of the text has changed. 114 00:09:58 --> 00:10:03 Let’s insert a smiley now!Click on the Insert a Smiley face icon. 115 00:10:04 --> 00:10:10 From the Smiley list, click Smile. A Smiley is inserted. 116 00:10:11 --> 00:10:14 You can also do a spell check on your mail. 117 00:10:15 --> 00:10:19 Let’s change the spelling of have to heve. 118 00:10:20 --> 00:10:23 Click Spelling and select English US. 119 00:10:24 --> 00:10:29 The Check Spelling dialog box appears, highlighting the misspelled word. 120 00:10:30 --> 00:10:37 It also displays the correct spelling. Click Replace.Click Close to exit. 121 00:10:38 --> 00:10:43 To set spelling preferences, from the Main menu, click Edit and Preferences. 122 00:10:44 --> 00:10:47 From the Preferences.dialog box, click Composition. 123 00:10:48 --> 00:10:53 You can then, check the options you require.Click Close. 124 00:10:54 --> 00:10:58 Now, to send the mail, simply click on the Send button. 125 00:10:59 --> 00:11:02 A Subject Reminder dialog box appears. 126 00:11:03 --> 00:11:06 This is because we did not enter a Subject for this mail. 127 00:11:07 --> 00:11:12 To send the mail without a Subject Line, you can click on Send Without Subject. 128 00:11:13 --> 00:11:15 Click Cancel Sending. 129 00:11:16 --> 00:11:20 Now, in the Subject field, type My First Email From Thunderbird. 130 00:11:21 --> 00:11:28 Click Send.Your email has been sent. Let’s check it. 131 00:11:29 --> 00:11:36 We have to open the STUSERTWO@yahoo.in account and check the Inbox. 132 00:11:37 --> 00:11:46 So, let’s login to Yahoo 133 00:11:47 --> 00:11:55 In the Yahoo login page, type the Yahoo ID STUSERTWO.Enter your password. 134 00:11:56 --> 00:12:02 Click Inbox. The Inbox shows mail received from the Gmail account! 135 00:12:03 --> 00:12:04 Click on the mail to open it. 136 00:12:05 --> 00:12:12 You can use the Reply button and reply to the mail, but here let’s compose a new mail. 137 00:12:13 --> 00:12:15 Let’s click on Compose. 138 00:12:16 --> 00:12:22 In the To field, enter the address STUSERONE at gmail dot com 139 00:12:23 --> 00:12:26 In the Subject field, enter Congrats! 140 00:12:27 --> 00:12:31 Type, Glad you got a new account, in the mail 141 00:12:32 --> 00:12:36 Click the Send button and log out of Yahoo. 142 00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 Let’s close this browser. 143 00:12:39 --> 00:12:41 Let’s check Thunderbird now. 144 00:12:42 --> 00:12:47 Click Get Mail and click on Get All New Messages. 145 00:12:48 --> 00:12:52 From the left panel, under your Gmail account ID, click Inbox. 146 00:12:53 --> 00:12:57 The new message sent from the yahoo account is displayed in the Inbox. 147 00:12:58 --> 00:13:02 The contents of the mail are displayed in the panel below. 148 00:13:03 --> 00:13:06 You can reply to this mail, using Reply button. 149 00:13:07 --> 00:13:13 We have successfully sent, received and viewed email messages using Thunderbird. 150 00:13:14 --> 00:13:18 To log out of Thunderbird, from the Main menu, click File and Quit. 151 00:13:19 --> 00:13:21 You will exit Mozilla Thunderbird. 152 00:13:22 --> 00:13:25 This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Thunderbird. 153 00:13:26 --> 00:13:34 In this tutorial we learnt about Mozilla Thunderbird and how to download, install and launch Thunderbird. 154 00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 We also learnt how to: 155 00:13:37 --> 00:13:45 Configure a new email account, Compose and send mail messages, Receive and read messages, Log out of Thunderbird. 156 00:13:46 --> 00:13:48 Here is an assignment for you. 157 00:13:49 --> 00:13:51 Download Mozilla Thunderbird application 158 00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 Install and launch it. 159 00:13:54 --> 00:13:57 Configure an email account in 'Thunderbird.' 160 00:13:58 --> 00:14:05 Send and receive mails using this account. 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