Outgoing e-mail problems can sometimes be more difficult to troubleshoot than incoming e-mail problems. Troubleshooting these types of problems in Mozilla's Thunderbird is fairly easy if you understand how outbound e-mail works. Outbound e-mail uses a process called SMTP (simple mail transport protocol). SMTP is the standard for e-mail transmissions across the Internet. … [Read more...]

Troubleshooting connection problems with an e-mail client, such as the freebie Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail program can be frustrating and tricky. If you are having problems retrieving your e-mail or getting it configured correctly, don't give up. Most solutions are pretty simple. In this article we cover some of the more common connection issues you might find when using … [Read more...]

A signature in an e-mail is kind of like a footer on a web page. It is generally used to convey contact information, legal notices and other repetitive information. This is something that you may not want to re-type every time you send an e-mail message. Thunderbird allows you to create as many signatures as you wish. You can assign a different signature to each individual … [Read more...]

No one want to receive spam, but today it is almost inevitable that most e-mail addresses will eventually end up on spam lists. I have always protected my e-mail addresses, but recently ended up receiving more than 100 spam messages per day on my most important e-mail address used only by my business clients. It turns out that a client thought she was doing me a favor when … [Read more...]

Mozilla Thunderbird is, in my opinion, the absolute best free e-mail program available. It doesn't have the vulnerabilities found with Outlook, primarily due to the fact that it is not an "attack target" like Microsoft products. Even when vulnerabilities are found, they are quickly patched by the community of developers that support Thunderbird. We've put together a list of … [Read more...]