How to switch from Outlook to Thunderbird
Since installing Thunderbird and not using Outlook and Outlook Express a couple of weeks ago, my computer has behaved a lot better.
Thunderbird is an open source email client and it runs on Windows and Mac.
If you’re interested in switching to Thunderbird, for whatever reason, here’s the instructions on how to get it going.
Go to http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ and download Thunderbird.
Close your other applications.
Install the download.
Go to the Tools menu and choose import.
Choose settings, and choose the program you’ve been using, click next. You should see a confirmation message. You’ve just brought over any email accounts you had configured.
Go back into Tools, choose import, choose Mail, choose the program you’ve been using and click next. You should see a confirmation message telling you how many mails were imported. You’ve just brought over all of the email you had saved in that program.
Lastly, go back into Tools, choose Import, Choose Address Books, choose the program you’ve been using and click next. You should see a confirmation message that your address book was successfully imported. You’ve just brought all of your contacts and addresses over.
That’s it!
