Activity Manager: Thunderbird's Activity Manager is the place to look for a synopsis of the interactions between your Thunderbird browser and your email provider.

You can also filter by New Messages, Tags, or people in your Address Book.

Quick Filter Toolbar: Type words in the Quick Filter search box for nearly instant results.

The results appear in a separate tab for reference. Search Tools: Thunderbird indexes your emails and chats so that you can search them quickly.If you run across an unfamiliar term or concept in an email, right-click it and select Search the Web for to initiate a search. Type your search term in Thunderbird's search field and select from several search providers. Web Search Inside Thunderbird: You don't have to leave Thunderbird to search the web.When you open emails in tabs, you can quickly jump between them. Tabbed Email: Thunderbird took a cue from its sister-app Firefox and added Tabbed email.The email service sets it up automatically. Personalized Email Addresses: If you want a personalized email address, you can sign up for one in Thunderbird.Use two clicks to add additional information or a photo. One-Click Address Book: Add people to your address book by clicking the star on the message you receive.

Search past conversations and receive emails from your contacts. Multiple-Channel Chat: Use the Chat feature to reach contacts from Facebook Chat, Google Talk, IRC, Twitter, or XMPP.

Attachment Reminder: When your outgoing email mentions 'attachment' or a similar term, Thunderbird reminds you to add the attachment before you send the email.

After you enter your name, email address, and password, the wizard checks Thunderbird and selects the correct settings.

Mail Account Setup Wizard: With the setup wizard, you don't need to know your IMAP, SMTP, and SSL/TLS settings.

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