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Re: [LUG] Thunderbird for spam control

 
 On 02/07/2010 09:33, Gibbs wrote:

On 02/07/2010 08:51, Rob Beard wrote:

On 02/07/10 08:16, Neil Winchurst wrote:

Rob Beard wrote:

I prefer individual in-boxes myself, but that's what I got used to 
with
Thunderbird 2.x.  I guess that might not be an issue with only one 
mail

account though.


Thunderbird 3.x is also now smart enough to detect mail server 
settings
for a lot of ISPs etc.  It's not fool proof, but it covers a lot of 
ISPs.

Rob


Thanks, now I have to remember how to install on Windows. I suppose 
that

  the Windows version of TB will be an exe file? So I just run that to
install it?  It is so long since I did anything like that on windows!!

Neil


Yeah should be easy enough.  Goto www.getthunderbird.com (on your 
wife's PC) and it should suggest you download Thunderbird 3.1 (not 
sure if it'll suggest British English, it might detect your location 
and offer it).  Then download the EXE file, double click on it and 
follow the wizard choosing the default settings.

When you first run Thunderbird it should give you the option to 
import mail from other applications.  Since you're using IMAP you 
might get away without backing up the Outlook Express files, although 
it could also be a good idea to do that just in case.

Rob


Yeah IMAP will make things a breeze. Also TB3 has a nice feature when 
creating a new account where it checks common ports and settings and 
tries to figure out your incoming/outgoing mail settings (similar to 
Evolution but more visual).

You can't go wrong with TB3 for OE users, it's a lot better and the 
people I've got using it agree and have had a pretty hassle free time.

Gibbs

Just upgraded to 3.1 and Lightning (the Calendar add-on) updated to 1.0b2

Julian

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