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If you have more than one e-mail address, or you subscribe to several newsgroups, you can use Mozilla Thunderbird to collect messages from all of them by creating multiple accounts. Each account can have its own server settings, inbox and other folders, or if you prefer, you can download all your e-mail into one Global Inbox. When you check for new messages, Thunderbird can check each account individually, or all of them simultaneously. | If you have more than one e-mail address, or you subscribe to several newsgroups, you can use Mozilla Thunderbird to collect messages from all of them by creating multiple accounts. Each account can have its own server settings, inbox and other folders, or if you prefer, you can download all your e-mail into one Global Inbox. When you check for new messages, Thunderbird can check each account individually, or all of them simultaneously. | ||
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If you want to subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds, you can create multiple accounts with different names and use each one to subscribe to a different subset of feeds. For example, you may want to create one account called ‘News’ and another called ‘Blogs’. As with e-mail and newsgroup accounts, each RSS feed account can have its own folder and you can set options for each one individually. | If you want to subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds, you can create multiple accounts with different names and use each one to subscribe to a different subset of feeds. For example, you may want to create one account called ‘News’ and another called ‘Blogs’. As with e-mail and newsgroup accounts, each RSS feed account can have its own folder and you can set options for each one individually. | ||
=Removing an account= | |||
To remove an account: | |||
# Choose '''Tools > Account Settings…'''. | |||
# On the left-hand side of the Account Settings dialog box, click the name of the account you want to remove, then click the '''Remove Account''' button. | |||
=Editing settings for an account= | |||
You can adjust many settings for each account independently of the others. For instance, you can change the server information for an account, or change how Thunderbird handles it. | |||
To edit settings for an account: | |||
# Choose '''Tools > Account Settings…'''. | |||
# On the left-hand side of the Account Settings dialog box, click the name of the account whose settings you want to edit. For more options, click one of the sub-items under the account name (for instance, '''Server Settings'''). | |||
# In the main area of the dialog box, change any settings you wish (more details below). | |||
# When you have finished making changes, click '''OK''', or click '''Cancel''' to disregard your changes and close the dialog box. | |||