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How to use Thunderbird with GUMail: Finding Your Way Around

Displaying icons
Sorting by columns
Viewing more columns

Displaying icons

  1. You can choose which icons (buttons) are displayed in Thunderbird.  Right-click an empty space on the toolbar.
  1. Click on the Customize button that pops up.

 

  1. This will bring up the Customize Toolbar window.

 

  1. You can drag icons to and from this window until your toolbar looks the way you want it.

Sorting by columns

  1. Choose a folder to sort and click on it.
  2. To sort your messages by columns (such as sorting alphabetically by sender or sorting by date), click on the column heading.

Note: Clicking on the column heading will toggle back and forth between ascending or descending.

 

Viewing more columns

You can see more information about your messages (e.g., status, size, flags, etc.) by viewing more columns.

  1. To open another column, click on the button that appears to the right of your last visible column.
  1. This will bring up a list; click on the heading for which you want to create a column.

You can also see more information about your folders (e.g., size, unread messages, etc.) by viewing more columns.

  1. Click on Tools, then click on Options.

2. From the top menu, click on Advanced.

3. Type a 9 and place a check next to Wait seconds before marking item as read.

4. Click on Show expanded columns in the folder pane.

5. Click on A New Message Window.

6. Click on the button that appears to the right of the folder column.

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