Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application

Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 Email Application - How to install it on a mac using Gmail. Then add an email signature with images.
Note: This looks like A LOT of stuff, but it shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to do it.
 

Tip: Before you begin Please make sure you know your email login and password (write it down)

• Step 1: Download the Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Email application Here: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird.Then Click OK to save it on your computer.
  
• Step 2: Wait for Mozilla’s Thunderbird to download, it took my fast internet about a minute.
• Step 3: Go to the place where you downloaded the file (File Name: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.dmg), files should save to your desktop by default. Double click Mozilla’s Thunderbird file you downloaded to your desktop to open it (File Name: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.dmg). It will open and mount to your computer. Just give it a minute to load the next screen.
  
  When Mozilla’s Thunderbird is fully mounted it should give you a splash screen, go ahead and click the Thunderbird icon and it will load the program for you. The splash screen looks like this:
   
• Note: Surprise! It will also show up in your bottom menu with all of your other programs.
  
• Step 4: Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird with your personal information. I'll be using Gmail as my reference.

• You should have a screen that popped up after the last step; Mounting Mozilla’s Thunderbird.
• The first Prompt after that asks if you want to import settings and mail folders from older email clients. Click Don't Import Anything and then continue.
  
  
• Choose your Information. Note: I'm making this tutorial for a friend needing help setting up Gmail, so I will use Gmail as my guide. Select Gmail (or whatever) then Continue.
  
• Now it's time for you to enter in your personal data. Hopefully you remember your login and password. It's a real hassle if you don't put in the correct information the first time (You'll get pop ups saying wrong password... ect.)
• If everything worked, your next screen should be a Congratulations message asking to download your emails. I'm going to click yes, so I can see all of my messages. Then hit Done.
  
• As soon as you hit done, it will prompt you to enter your password. If you want your computer to remember your password I say go ahead and check the Use Password Manager to remember this password, it's up to you. If you choose to click save password it will give a pop up remender (just hit ok).
  
  
  
• Hit OK. You should be logged in and your messages should be in the inbox!

How to Attach an email signature using Mozilla Thunderbird

• Step 1: Save your HTML email signature in a safe place on your computer. Make sure not to delete it or your email client (Mozilla’s Thunderbird) wont know what to do. I suggest making a folder inside my documents called Email Signature and saving it there for safe keeping.
  
• Step 2: Open Mozilla Thunderbird and go to Tools > Account Settings
  
  
• Step 3: Now you are going to add your signature!!!!
• Click on Gmail at the left to have it show all of your options on the right. We will be adjusting these Gmail options.
  
• Click the Attach Signature box
• Click Choose - Navigate through your computer files to find the HTML signature file you saved (I recommended saving it in my documents) and hit open.
  
• Now you are back in your email options > Hit Ok (Image Above)
• YOUR NEW SIGNATURE SHOULD BE ADDED TO YOUR EMAILS NOW!
• Compose a new email to check it out! A quick way to test it is sending an email to yourself. Then you know if Mozilla’s Thunderbird saved everything correctly (including passwords).
  

Note: If Mozilla Thunderbird asks you to send plain text or html--choose html or your pictures wont show up. It asked me this on my first outgoing message using the new signature with images.