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Anybody here use Mozilla Thunderbird?

by Nick Brighton
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If so, I wondered if you could help me. I tried the Moz community and they didn't have answers ready or available.

Basically, I need to group all my email accounts into different folders inside Thunderbird.

How do you do this?

At the moment, I've got all my email accounts listed down the left hand pane of the window, and it's gonna get really messy when I get busy and add more accounts.

Any ideas?

I'm sure there must be a way of doing this.

Thanks!

Nick
#mozilla #thunderbird
  • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
    I use Mozilla Thunderbird all the time.

    Are you saying that all your accounts are listed under one folder? Or are they under separate folders?

    When I manage a new identity, it automatically creates a new directory in the left, which I can minimize or maximize as needed for space and visual purposes.
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    • Profile picture of the author ss442
      Hi Nick, I use Thunderbird too but it is normal to list your email accounts on the left in a folder.

      If you are talking about hundreds or even thousands of email accounts you might want to consider a hosting account or several that gives you a room for them or a different operation all together.

      You don't offer a reason for the numerous address and someone may have a solution if they had a little more info about what you are trying to do without divulging your intent, if that makes any sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chantal-Louise
    thunderbird is SUCH a life saver. I would hate to go through lots of different emails!Mine automatically creates a list on left hand side with dropdown menu too!
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    • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
      Originally Posted by Rikki_Fawkes View Post

      I use Mozilla Thunderbird all the time.

      Are you saying that all your accounts are listed under one folder? Or are they under separate folders?

      When I manage a new identity, it automatically creates a new directory in the left, which I can minimize or maximize as needed for space and visual purposes.

      Basically guys, what happens is that it creates separate accounts on the left with the drop down menus, but I need to categorize them all into folders somehow.

      For example, I've got ten sites. Each site has 3 email addresses.

      So on the left hand side, it's showing 30 email addresses all listed back to back.

      I want to make it easier to identify a site so I can go into the folder and handle the email addresses for each site.

      Make sense?
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  • Profile picture of the author FusciaPhoenix
    The program does not do this automatically. Go to the thunderbird plugin site and search under "folders" there are several which may do what you are asking. It appears as if the plugin called folder account or folderpane tools may do what you are asking. I haven't tried either so I can't be certain.

    Good luck,
    Phoenix
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
    Awesome, thanks Pheonix! I didn't realize it had plugins... how cool is that!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Brighton
    still can't find a plugin that does what I want though... amazing.

    So many plugins, but none for the obvious and simple problems :-(
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