Tips and tricks

Keyboard shortcuts - perform common Thunderbird tasks quickly

Keyboard shortcuts are quick key combinations that replace mouse navigation. This is a list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts in Thunderbird.

Thunderbird and Junk / Spam Messages

This article explains how Thunderbird's adaptive filter learns to identify junk mail ("spam").

Message threading in Thunderbird - keep messages grouped by conversation

Threading is a useful way of displaying message list in Thunderbird with your messages grouped in tree structures by conversations. Here's how to enable it.

Introduction to End-to-end encryption in Thunderbird

This article explains what end-to-end encryption is and how to use it to protect the contents of your email in Thunderbird.

Profile Manager - Create and remove Thunderbird profiles

Thunderbird stores your personal information and settings in a profile folder. Learn to work with different profiles on Thunderbird.

Display the Thunderbird menus and toolbar

The menu items File, Edit, View, etc. are located in the menu bar. This article will help you restore a missing menu bar.

Switch from POP to IMAP account

This article explains how to switch from a POP to an IMAP account in Thunderbird.

Ignoring threads

The Ignore Thread (or Subthread) feature is very useful for mailing lists. It lets you skip reading the rest of a conversation you're not really interested in.

Cannot receive messages

If you cannot receive messages, this page provides a series of steps you can use to check for common problems.

Hyperlinks in Messages Not Working

When clicking hyperlinks in email, your default web browser should open and display their content. Learn why that may fail and why links may not be clickable.

Cannot send messages

If you cannot send messages with Thunderbird, this page provides a series of steps you can follow to check for common problems.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Searching

This page describes the keystroke combinations used to access various search functions in Thunderbird.

Open Search

Instantly take part of a message and search for it in Bing, Yahoo, Twitter or other websites.

Dangerous directories

Some system folders are not allowed when setting Thunderbird storage location as they cause issues.

OpenPGP keys might be authentic or counterfeit

How to avoid accepting a counterfeit OpenPGP key when Thunderbird asks you to accept the public key of a correspondent.

Using OpenPGP secret keys that advertise features that are not supported by Thunderbird

Using OpenPGP secret keys created using other software (e.g. GnuPG) might advertise unsupported features and could result in interoperability issues.

Thunderbird and Logjam

Thunderbird no longer supports 512 bit (so called US export) keys for TLS connections.

Thunderbird Accessibility Features

Find out about all of the Accessibility features available in Thunderbird.

Keyboard Shortcuts TB

New in Thunderbird 102

Detailed introduction to the most interesting new features, improvements, and changes visible to users in Thunderbird 102.0.

Thunderbird Matrix Chat FAQ

FAQ for the Matrix Chat feature in Thunderbird