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Thunderbird is mozilla's MUA.
Thunderbird is mozilla's MUA.


= Profiles =
= Notes =
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Thunderbird stores all of your information in profiles. It is possible
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to move profiles between computers, and operating systems. This is an ideal
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candidate for configsync (so all calendar colours match khal, for example).
| [[thunderbird backups]]
 
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== Deleting Profiles ==
| [[thunderbird configuration]]
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On windows, you can delete your thunderbird settings by deleting the following folder.
| [[thunderbird addons]]
Note that removing individual components does not seem to work.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
</blockquote><!-- Notes -->
C:\Users\will\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird
~/.thunderbird/
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Deleting Profiles -->
 
== TimeZones ==
<blockquote>
Thunderbird does not detect your system timezone.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
- Rclick menubar > Check MenuBar
 
- Edit > Preferences > Calendar:
  TimeZone: America/Toronto
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Timezones -->
</blockquote><!-- Profiles -->
 
= Contacts =
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# Install thunderbird addon: cardbook
</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# Install thunderbid addon:  cardbook
 
# Tools > CardBook
#  Address Books > Add Address Book
#      - Remote
#
#      - Type:      CardDav
#      - URL:      http://lavos.ddns.net:8614/card.php/addressbooks/will/default
#      - username:  will
#      - pass:      <password>
#
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Contacts -->
</blockquote><!-- Profiles -->
 
= Calendars =
<blockquote>
== AddOns ==
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# In order to use calendars at all, you'll need the lightning addon,
# but there are other addons that are also useful.
- lightning
- lightning calendar tabs
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- AddOns -->
 
== Sync CalDAV ==
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
# Thunderbird Lightning
- Calendar Icon:    # Square with '7' beneat minimize button
  - Calendar Dropdown > Rclick > New Calendar:
      - On the Network:
        - Type:    CalDAV
        - Location: http://your-baikal.com/cal.php/calendars/<username>/<calendarname>
                    # ex. http://your-baikal.com/cal.php/calendars/will/default
        - OfflineSupport:
</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
http://your-baikal.com/cal.php/calendars/will/default
</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# Calendars to Add:
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/default
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/work
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/birthdays
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/anniversaries
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/events
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/holidays
http://your-baikal/cal.php/calendars/will/alexwork
 
# can always confirm at http://your-baikal/admin/index.php
</syntaxhighlight>
 
 
So far, I have not been able to delete one of these calendars if it has not
synchronized yet. The only way I have managed to do so successfully is deleting
the entire profile.
 
''' Colours '''
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
# All colours in RGB
main:          245 235 24
work:          242 66 4
birthdays:      128 128 255
anniversaries:  213 213 255
events:        120 176 106
holidays:      185 218 139
alexwork:      197 162 226
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Sync CalDav -->
</blockquote><!-- Calendars -->

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