Hotsolder - Electronics & Other Geeky Pursuits: Top Thunderbird Tricks

Ok, not hardware related, but you have to keep up your geek reputation, right? So here's some Thunderbird tricks you can teach your friends:

Stacked View Extension - Lets you have a nice stacked view like other mail readers.
Create a template folder if you don't have one already. You can make "boilerplate" e-mails and save them in the template folder. When you want to create a new e-mail, right click on the template you want to use and select "Edit as New". (Note: Look in Tools | Account Settings | Copies and Folders to see the name of the Template folder or to change it).
In Tools | Account Settings | Composition and Addressing and select HTML editor. Even if you don't want to send HTML, you can still use the editor which is nicer and understands URLs. Change to text by using Options | Format or by programming text-only domains in Tools | Options | Send Options.
Tired of a white background? Use Format | Page Colors and Backgrounds to set a color or picture. Save it as a template!
If you keep a lot of mail in your Inbox look at the bottom of the list. Spam! Try selecting the folder and select View | Sort By | Order Received and click Descending. This will show you mail in the order it arrives regardless of the date in the e-mail (which may be ahead or behind your clock, especially for Spam).
Another good extension: QuoteCollapse. This handy applet collapses long quoted messages to a single line that you can expand.
Learn to use Smart Folders (save searches as virtual folders).
Lots of advanced customizations at http://nightlybuild.at.infoseek.co.jp/help/tips.html

What's your favorite Thunderbird tip? It seems like there aren't as many extensions for Thunderbird. What are your essential extensions?

Labels: Tips