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Beginner's Guide to email with Thunderbird
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/ November 4, 2009 / 2:20 min.
Tagging email in Thunderbird
Whether you get a little bit of email or a lot it helps to have it organized using a good system. Thunderbird makes it easy to tag and filter your email. This way, you cankeep your inbox organized
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- Tagging is a great way to delineate your email into groups with meaning to you.
- In Thunderbird click on the Tag icon in the toolbar.
- There are some default tags like Important, Work, Personal, To Do and so on.
- Click New Tag to enter a new tag.
- Give the tag a name, like Shopping.
- Select a unique color to set your tag apart from others.
- You can highlight an email, right-click and move down to Tag, then select the tag you want.
- When you first Tag an email the entire message bar will be the color of the tag, like purple.
- When you move away from the email the text remains that tag color.
- There are a number of Thunderbird add-ons that enhance tagging.
- Tagging is a great way to delineate your email into groups with meaning to you.
- In Thunderbird click on the Tag icon in the toolbar.
- There are some default tags like Important, Work, Personal, To Do and so on.
- Click New Tag to enter a new tag.
- Give the tag a name, like Shopping.
- Select a unique color to set your tag apart from others.
- You can highlight an email, right-click and move down to Tag, then select the tag you want.
- When you first Tag an email the entire message bar will be the color of the tag, like purple.
- When you move away from the email the text remains that tag color.
- There are a number of Thunderbird add-ons that enhance tagging.
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