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Thunderbird is mozilla's MUA.


 
= Notes =
I sadly moved away from thunderbird for mail. It was too slow for what I needed
at the time.
 
Now that I have moved to hosting my own caldav server, thunderbird is becoming more attractive
again as the only option windows seems to have for caldav syncing calendar apps.
 
= Profiles =
<blockquote>
Thunderbird stores all of your information in profiles. It is possible
to move profiles between computers, and operating systems. This is an ideal
candidate for configsync (so all calendar colours match khal, for example).
 
== Deleting Profiles ==
<blockquote>
On windows, you can delete your thunderbird settings by deleting the following folder.
Note that removing individual components does not seem to work.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
C:\Users\will\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird
~/.thunderbird/
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</blockquote><!-- Deleting Profiles -->
 
== TimeZones ==
<blockquote>
'''IMPORTANT''' Thunderbird does not detect your system timezone,
you must choose it from
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
Rclick menubar > Check MenuBar
 
Edit > Preferences > Calendar > TimeZone
  America/Toronto
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</blockquote><!-- Timezones -->
</blockquote><!-- Profiles -->
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= Mail =
<blockquote>
 
</blockquote><!-- Mail -->
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= 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 -->
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= Calendars =
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
 
{| class="wikitable"
== AddOns ==
|-
<blockquote>
| [[thunderbird backups]]
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
|-
## In order to use calendars at all, you'll need the lightning addon,
| [[thunderbird configuration]]
## but there are other addons that are also useful.
|-
- lightning
| [[thunderbird addons]]
- lightning calendar tabs
|-
 
|}
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Notes -->
</blockquote><!-- AddOns -->
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== 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://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/<username>/<calendarname>
                  (http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/default)
        || OfflineSupport:
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/default ## this is what is currently  displayed...
</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
## Calendars to Add:
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/default
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/work
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/birthdays
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/anniversaries
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/events
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/holidays
http://morpheus/cal.php/calendars/will/alexwork
 
## can always confirm at http://morpheus/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 -->
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= Troubleshooting =
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</blockquote><!-- Troubleshooting -->
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