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-====== ADDRESSBOOK on THUNDERBIRD ======
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-  We are upgrading and changing this page ... WORK IN PROGRESS \\
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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// \\
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-A **list** contains a list of your e-mail contacts.\\
-You can find this example on this page: //colleagueslist//.\\
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-An **address book** can contain: **address book cards** and **lists**.\\
-You can find this example on this page: //Personal Address Book//, // newcolleagues//.
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-===== 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.\\
-{{addressbookfile.jpg|Example addressbookfile.txt with empty line at the beginning... }}\\
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-b) Run **Thunderbird**.\\
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-c) On main thunderbird bar:
-  * **1)** Click on **Tools**;
-  * **2)** then select **Import ...**\\
-{{naddth1.jpg|Select Tools --> Import ...}}\\
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-d) In the //Import window//: \\
-  * **1)** select **Address Books** box and  then
-  * **2)** click **Next**.\\
-{{naddth2.jpg|Select Address Books box...}}\\
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-e) In next the //Import window//:
-  * **1)** select **Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)**;
-  * **2)** and click **Next**.\\
-{{naddth3.jpg|Select Text file (LDIF,...}}\\
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-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**.\\
-{{naddth4.jpg|Select the file previously created...}}\\
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-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**.\\
-{{naddth5.jpg|If it is necessary, move Primary Email on first position...& unselect other lines...}}\\
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-h) In the //Import// window: click on **Finish**.\\
-{{naddth6b.jpg|Click on Finish...}}\\
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-i) Select **Address Book**.\\
-{{naddth7.jpg|Click on [ Go to the address Book] ...}}\\
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-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.\\
-{{naddth8.jpg|Please verify the content.}}\\
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-===== Insert some e-mail contacts from an address book to a list =====
-a) In the main thunderbird window, click on **Address Book**.\\
-{{naddth7.jpg|Select [ Go to the address book ] ...}}\\
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-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**.
-{{naddth9.jpg|Select Personal Address Book then [ Create a new List ]...}}\\
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-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**.
-{{naddth10.jpg|Fill in carefully the Mailing List window ... }}\\
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-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.\\
-{{naddth11.jpg|Expand Personal Address Book...}}
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-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//.
-{{naddth12.jpg|Select the address book name with e-mail contacts you need ... }}\\
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-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.
-{{naddth13.jpg|In the example we select all the e-mail of newcolleagues address book...  }}\\
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-g) Drag the selected e-mail address on the **newcolleagues** list name (previously created).\\
-{{naddth14.jpg|Drag the selected e-mail....}}\\
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-h) If you select the **newcolleagues** list, you will be able to see e-mail contacts present in it.\\
-{{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
-e-mail contacts of the //newcolleagues// list will be inserted in a **To**: header.
-{{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:** field of the header.
-Please start from the main thunderbird window selecting **write**, then write the //**e-mail list name**// (for exampple //newcolleagueslist//) in a **Bcc:** field of the header.
-{{naddth17.jpg|Select [ Create a new message ] ...}}
-{{naddth17.jpgthen| then write the e-mail list name in the field Bcc:]