Mozilla Thunderbird - E-mail Client for Microsoft Windows 

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  Creating additional profiles:

Suppose you have several people in the household using the same computer.  If every e-mail address were configured under the same profile, all the e-mail would be downloaded into the same place.  You would then have to sort through the e-mails finding which belonged to you and which belonged to any other user.  Profiles eliminate this hassle.  Creating a profile is like having your own version of Mozilla; they help keep your mail from any other users of the computer.

Important:  to create a profile, Mozilla must be closed.

Click Start, click All Programs ('Programs' (95,98,Me,NT,2000)), select Mozilla Thunderbird, and then the Profile Manager from the menus.

The Thunderbird Profile Manager opens displaying a list of available profiles.

Click the Create Profile button.

 

The Create Profile wizard launches.

Click the Next button to continue.

 

Enter New Profile name  =  Give the profile a name.  In this example, I gave the profile the name 'John Boy'.

Click the Finish button to complete the wizard.

 

The Thunderbird Profile Manager displays the newly created profile.

Highlight the desired profile and click the Start Mozilla Thunderbird button.

Note:  You'll need to configure an e-mail account for the newly created profile.  Click here to learn how to create your first e-mail account.

 

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