Mozilla Thunderbird

Physics Computer Services (as well as FAS) recommends Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail program as a good cross-platform client. It has proven to be a robust and feature-rich program and avoids many of the pitfalls and problems associated with e-mail clients such as Outlook and Entourage. Coupled with the fact that it is available on all our supported platforms - Windows, Mac and Linux - Thunderbird has become our client of choice when making a recommendation.


Please note: To save yourself headaches later, please check under Preferences -> Composition -> General and make sure "Forward messages" is set to 'Inline' and not 'As Attachment'.

• Setting up Thunderbird (accounts created after Sept. 10, 2008) - See listing of settings for using new mail server.
• Setting up Thunderbird (accounts created prior to Sept. 10, 2008) - Although the images are taken from the Windows version, the same settings apply to all platforms.
• Configuring Junk/Spam Filtering (Windows)
• Configuring Junk/Spam Filtering (MacOS X)
• How to create Sub-Folders in Thunderbird

Looking for Thunderbird for your home PC or laptop?
Visit the Mozilla Thunderbird site