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| - | ====== ADDRESSBOOK on THUNDERBIRD ====== | + | ====== Thunderbird: address books and e-mail lists ====== |
| - | === Glossary === | + | |
| + | Please ignore this page.\\ | ||
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| + | /** | ||
| + | === Glossary and short information === | ||
| An **address book card** contains the information about one e-mail contact address.\\ | An **address book card** contains the information about one e-mail contact address.\\ | ||
| - | You can find for example as an address book card on this page: Name: //ann.sonders// Email //ann.sonders@ictp.it// \\ | + | You can find on this page as an example of an address book card: //Name:// //ann.sonders// //Email:// //ann.sonders@ictp.it// \\ |
| + | You can create easily a single address book card: | ||
| + | * in the main thunderbird window bar click on **Address Book** | ||
| + | * and then in the //Address Book// window click on **New Card**. | ||
| + | Please note: if you need to insert a lot of e-mail contacts (address book card), please go to the section: [[#Import a list of e-mail contacts from a file]] on this page. | ||
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| + | A **list** contains a list of your e-mail contacts (address book card).\\ | ||
| + | You can find on this page as an example of a list name: //colleagueslist//.\\ | ||
| + | You can create easily a list: | ||
| + | * in the main thunderbird window bar click on **Address Book**; | ||
| + | * and then in the //Address Book// window click on **New List**. | ||
| + | Please note: if you have previously inserted some e-mail contacts (address book card), please go to the section: [[#Insert e-mail contacts from an address book to a list]] on this page. | ||
| + | .... | ||
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| - | A **list** contains a list of your e-mail contacts.\\ | ||
| - | You can find for example as a list name on this page: //colleagueslist//.\\ | ||
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| An **address book** can contain: **address book cards** and **lists**.\\ | An **address book** can contain: **address book cards** and **lists**.\\ | ||
| - | You can find for example as address books name on this page: //Personal Address Book// and // newcolleagues//. | + | You can find on this page as examples of two address books names: //Personal Address Book// and // newcolleagues//. |
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| ===== Import a list of e-mail contacts from a file ===== | ===== Import a list of e-mail contacts from a file ===== | ||
| - | a) Create a file with the extension " **.txt** " (for example //newcollegues.txt//) writing in each line one e-mail address only. To avoid any problem due to different versions of Thunderbird, please insert** an EMPTY LINE as first line of the file.**\\ | + | a) Create a file with the extension " **.txt** " (for example //newcollegues.txt//) writing in each line only one e-mail address. To avoid any problem due to different versions of Thunderbird, please insert** an EMPTY LINE as first line of the file.**\\ |
| {{addressbookfile.jpg|Example addressbookfile.txt with empty line at the beginning... }}\\ | {{addressbookfile.jpg|Example addressbookfile.txt with empty line at the beginning... }}\\ | ||
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| d) In the //Import window//: \\ | d) In the //Import window//: \\ | ||
| - | * **1)** select **Address Books** box and then | + | * **1)** select **Address Books** box; |
| - | * **2)** click **Next**.\\ | + | * **2)** click on **Next**.\\ |
| {{naddth2.jpg|Select Address Books box...}}\\ | {{naddth2.jpg|Select Address Books box...}}\\ | ||
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| e) In next the //Import window//: | e) In next the //Import window//: | ||
| * **1)** select **Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)**; | * **1)** select **Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)**; | ||
| - | * **2)** and click **Next**.\\ | + | * **2)** and click on **Next**.\\ |
| {{naddth3.jpg|Select Text file (LDIF,...}}\\ | {{naddth3.jpg|Select Text file (LDIF,...}}\\ | ||
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| f) In the //Select address book file// window: | f) In the //Select address book file// window: | ||
| - | * **1)** select as file types **Tab Delimited** and then | + | * **1)** select as file types **Tab Delimited**; |
| - | * **2)** select the **//filename//.txt** previously created (for example //newcolleagues.txt//); | + | * **2)** select the ** //filename//.txt ** previously created (for example //newcolleagues.txt//); |
| * **3)** then click on **Open**.\\ | * **3)** then click on **Open**.\\ | ||
| {{naddth4.jpg|Select the file previously created...}}\\ | {{naddth4.jpg|Select the file previously created...}}\\ | ||
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| g) In the //Import Address Book// window, please check:\\ | g) In the //Import Address Book// window, please check:\\ | ||
| - | the **Primary Email** box have to be checked and on the first position of //Address Book fields// column, if not: | + | the **Primary Email** box have to be checked and pay attention it have to be on the first position of //Address Book fields// column. If it is not: |
| * **1)** put a check into **Primary Email** box; | * **1)** put a check into **Primary Email** box; | ||
| - | * **2)** move this line in the first position, select it then move the line using the **Move Up** buttom; | + | * **2)** move **Primary Email* line in the first position of the column, select **Primary Email* line then move it up using the **Move Up** buttom; |
| * **3)** all the other boxes in //Address book fields// column have to be unchecked (unselected); | * **3)** all the other boxes in //Address book fields// column have to be unchecked (unselected); | ||
| - | * **4)** then click on **OK**.\\ | + | |
| + | * **4)** after checking the //Import Address Book// window, click on **OK**.\\ | ||
| {{naddth5.jpg|If it is necessary, move Primary Email on first position...& unselect other lines...}}\\ | {{naddth5.jpg|If it is necessary, move Primary Email on first position...& unselect other lines...}}\\ | ||
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| - | ===== Insert some e-mail contacts from an address book to a list ===== | + | ===== Insert e-mail contacts from an address book to a list ===== |
| a) In the main thunderbird window, click on **Address Book**.\\ | a) In the main thunderbird window, click on **Address Book**.\\ | ||
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| - | e) Always in the //address book// window:\\ | + | e) In the same //address book// window:\\ |
| * **1)** now you can see the list (for example //colleagueslist//) just created; | * **1)** now you can see the list (for example //colleagueslist//) just created; | ||
| - | * **2)** and then select// **the address book name**// (for example //newcolleagues//) where e-mail contacts you need are stored. | + | * **2)** and then select// **the address book name** // (for example //newcolleagues//) where the e-mail contacts you need are stored. |
| - | {{naddth12.jpg|Select the address book name with e-mail contacts you need ... }}\\ | + | {{naddth12.jpg|Select the address book name with the e-mail contacts you need ... }}\\ |
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| - | f) Always in the //address book// window:\\ | + | f) In the same //address book// window:\\ |
| - f1) to select all the e-mail contacts of //newcolleagues// address book: | - f1) to select all the e-mail contacts of //newcolleagues// address book: | ||
| * **1)** click on **Edit** and | * **1)** click on **Edit** and | ||
| * **2)** on **Select All** to select all the e-mail address of //newcolleagues// address book.\\ | * **2)** on **Select All** to select all the e-mail address of //newcolleagues// address book.\\ | ||
| + | OR \\ | ||
| - f2) to select some e-mail contacts only: | - f2) to select some e-mail contacts only: | ||
| - | * click on each e-mail contact you need keepping prssed always **< CTRL >** button. | + | * click on each e-mail contact you need, always pressing **<CTRL>** button. |
| - | The e-mail contacts selected will have blue color as background on their line. | + | |
| + | All the e-mail contacts selected will have a blue line color as background. | ||
| {{naddth13.jpg|In the example we select all the e-mail of newcolleagues address book... }}\\ | {{naddth13.jpg|In the example we select all the e-mail of newcolleagues address book... }}\\ | ||
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| - | h) If you select the **newcolleagues** list, you will be able to see e-mail contacts present in it.\\ | + | h) If you select the **newcolleagues** list, you will be able to see the e-mail contacts present in it.\\ |
| {{naddth15.jpg|Check the content of newcolleagues list.}}\\ | {{naddth15.jpg|Check the content of newcolleagues list.}}\\ | ||
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| - | If you now click on **write** (always in the //Address Book// window), a new //Compose// window will appear and all the | + | If you now click on **write** (in the same //Address Book// window), a new //Compose// window will appear and all the |
| e-mail contacts of the //newcolleagues// list will be inserted in different **To**: fields of the header.\\ | e-mail contacts of the //newcolleagues// list will be inserted in different **To**: fields of the header.\\ | ||
| {{naddth16.jpg|Just test it.}}\\ | {{naddth16.jpg|Just test it.}}\\ | ||
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| But very often you could need to write an e-mail inserting an e-mail list in the **Bcc:** (blind carbon copy) field of the header. | But very often you could need to write an e-mail inserting an e-mail list in the **Bcc:** (blind carbon copy) field of the header. | ||
| - | Please start from the main thunderbird window selecting **write**, then write the //**e-mail list name**// (for example //newcolleagueslist//) in a **Bcc:** field of the header.\\ | + | Please start from the main thunderbird window selecting **write**, then write the // **e-mail list name** // (for example //newcolleagueslist//) in a **Bcc:** field of the header.\\ |
| {{naddth17.jpg|Select [ Create a new message ] ...}} | {{naddth17.jpg|Select [ Create a new message ] ...}} | ||
| {{naddth18.jpg|| then write the e-mail list name in the field Bcc:}} | {{naddth18.jpg|| then write the e-mail list name in the field Bcc:}} | ||
| + | */ | ||