Why Thunderbird is the Best Email Client for your Family or
Office
by: Rob Barrett
Nowadays, most of us have so many email addresses, it's hard
just to keep track of our own, let alone manage those of our
family and colleagues as well. Throw newsgroup subscriptions and
multiple storage folders into the mix as well, and it's a
management nightmare.
Mozilla Thunderbird, my email client of choice, solves this
problem effectively and easily with Profiles.
How do Thunderbird Profiles work?
Thunderbird allows multiple users to set up the email client
to suit their own specific needs and tastes, from Themes and
Extensions to Email accounts, Inboxes and Newsgroup
subscriptions.
Upon startup of Thunderbird, you are able to choose which user
profile you would like to use.
So, you can now have a profile for yourself, one for your
partner, and even one for the kids (allowing you to increase
Thunderbird's spam and security measures). Each profile is independent of the others, so it's like having a
new installation for each user.
How do I activate Thunderbird Profiles?
- Firstly, find the Thunderbird shortcut on your desktop (or
create one from the .exe file).
- Right-click it, and select properties.
- Lastly, in the Target box, add ' -p' without the apostrophes
to the end of the target line (so that it reads something like
'C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -p'), and
click OK.
Now when you start Thunderbird through this shortcut you will
be prompted with the Profiles Manager box (as long as you do not
already have Thunderbird open). It's all self-explanatory from
thereon.
For faster start-up, I advise that you keep two shortcuts on
your desktop - one to load up Thunderbird as normal, and this
new one to execute only when you want to change profile. |
