ADDRESSBOOK on THUNDERBIRD

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Glossary:
An address book card contains the information about one e-mail contact address.
You can find this example on this page: Name: ann.sonders Email ann.sonders@ictp.it

A list contains a list of your e-mail contacts.
You can find this example on this page: colleagueslist.


An address book can contain: address book cards and lists.
You can find this example on this page: Personal Address Book, newcolleagues.

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.

b) Run Thunderbird.

c) On main thunderbird bar:

• 1) Click on Tools;
• 2) then select Import …
  

d) In the Import window:

• 1) select Address Books box and then
• 2) click Next.
  

e) In next the Import window:

• 1) select Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt);
• 2) and click Next.
  

f) In the Select address book file window:

• 1) select as file types Tab Delimited and then
• 2) select the filename.txt previously created (for example newcolleagues.txt);
• 3) then click on Open.
  

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:

• 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;
• 3) all the other boxes in Address book fields column have to be unchecked (unselected);
• 4) then click on OK.
  

h) In the Import window: click on Finish.



i) Select Address Book.



l) In the Address book window (on the left):

• 1) select the address book name just created (in our example newcolleagues);
  
• 2) then you will see its the content.
  

a) In the main thunderbird window, click on Address Book.



b) In the address book window:

• 1) select the address book name where you wish to keep the list (for example Personal Address Book);
• 2) then click on New List.

c) In the Mailing List window:

• 1) write a list name in the List Name: field (for example colleagueslist) and
• 2) – optionally – you can write a a short description in the Description: field (for example colleagues list for June;
• 3) then OK.

d) In the address book window:
click on the Plus sign “ + ” on the left of the Personal Address Book (on the left sidebar). to view the newcolleagues list just created.

e) always in the address book window:

• 1) now you can see the newcolleagues list just created;
• 2) and then select the address book name where e-mail contacts you need are stored (in the example newcolleagues.

f) always in the address book window:
- f1) to select all the e-mail contacts of newcolleagues address book:

• 1) click on Edit and
• 2) on Select All to select all the e-mail address of newcolleagues address book.
  

- f2) to select some e-mail contacts:

• click on each e-mail contact you need keepping prssed always < CTRL > button.

The e-mail contacts selected will have blue color as background on their line.

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g) Drag the selected e-mail address on the newcolleagues list name (previously created).



h) If you select the newcolleagues list, you will be able to see the e-mail addresses on the right.




So if you write an e-mail …. select a field Bcc: in the header, you will be able
to insert in this field the list name which contains all the e-mail address imported from a file.txt