# Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition Help

## real email, on the go™

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird® email client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so carry your whole email client and all your contacts with you on an iPod, USB flash drive, portable hard drive, CD or any other portable media. It has all the same great features as Mozilla Thunderbird including spell-checking, junk email filtering, anti-phishing and more. Plus, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your email wherever you go. Learn more about Mozilla Thunderbird...

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This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.

## Thunderbird Portable-Specific Issues

- Installing Thunderbird Portable
- Using Thunderbird Portable
- Upgrading Thunderbird Portable
- Copying your local Thunderbird settings to Thunderbird Portable
- Getting Thunderbird Portable in Other Languages
- Running from a CD (Thunderbird Portable Live)
- Known Issues
- Modifications - A list of the modifications made to Thunderbird in this package

You can read about advanced configuration options for the Thunderbird Portable Launcher in its Readme.txt.

## General Mozilla Thunderbird Issues

- Mozilla Thunderbird Frequently Asked Questions
  - General Questions
    - What is Thunderbird?
    - Why should I use Thunderbird instead of other mail clients?
    - Is Thunderbird free?
  - Migration
    - Can I read and send AOL e-mail using Thunderbird?
    - Can I access my Netscape WebMail or Hotmail accounts through Thunderbird?
    - How do I import e-mail messages from another mail program?
  - Usage
    - How do I customize the toolbar?
    - Does Thunderbird come with a spell checker?
    - Can I use different themes for Thunderbird?
    - Is Thunderbird susceptible to e-mail viruses?
    - How do I use S/MIME, PGP or GnuPG to send and receive signed or encrypted messages?
    - I changed my IMAP password, how do I get rid of a cached password?
    - How can I access/change the Master Password?
- Thunderbird Tips & Tricks
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Mouse Shortcuts

## Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Gerard Balagué (mai9) for the original code handling extension path rewriting in his FreeTheFox launcher and tracon for some of the original ideas with his fflaunch launcher. Thanks as well to FlashBanG and all the folks participating in the mozillaZine forum thread for their ideas, suggestions and support.

Mozilla®, Thunderbird® and the Thunderbird logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used with permission.