Thunderbird: Difference between revisions

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Thunderbird is an open-source e-mail client for desktop environments, which also functions as a full personal information manager with a calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix), and news client.

Install Thunderbird

You can just install the package:

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    thunderbird
  ];

Or by setting programs.thunderbird.enable to true in your system configuration.

Configuration of Thunderbird

Thunderbird stores configuration and data in the hidden .thunderbird folder in the homedirectories. There are the following solutions:

Use Nixpkgs, currently setting policies and preferences is supported.
Use Home Manager.
Manual configuration with the Thunderbird GUI and backup (and move to others PCs) of the .thunderbird folder. Using IMAP with server-side storage will enable to have several instances of Thunderbird with the same settings and e-mail content.

Troubleshooting

(nothing yet)

References

Thunderbird (site): https://www.thunderbird.net/
Thunderbird (sourcecode): https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central
List of Nixpkgs' Thunderbird options

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 == Install Thunderbird ==
-You can just install the package. There are no options for configuration available.
+You can just install the package:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
      thunderbird
    ];
-</syntaxhighlight>
+</syntaxhighlight>Or by setting <code>programs.thunderbird.enable</code> to true in your system configuration.
 == Configuration of Thunderbird ==
-Thunderbird stores configuration and data in the hidden .thunderbird folder in the homedirectories. There is currently no way to configure it via Nixpkgs options. There are two possible solutions:
+Thunderbird stores configuration and data in the hidden .thunderbird folder in the homedirectories. There are the following solutions:
+* Use Nixpkgs, currently setting policies and preferences is supported.
 * Use [[Home Manager]].
 * Manual configuration with the Thunderbird GUI and backup (and move to others PCs) of the .thunderbird folder. Using IMAP with server-side storage will enable to have several instances of Thunderbird with the same settings and e-mail content.
@@ Line 22: / Line 23: @@
 * Thunderbird (site): https://www.thunderbird.net/
 * Thunderbird (sourcecode): https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central
+* [https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&query=programs.thunderbird List of Nixpkgs' Thunderbird options]
 [[Category:Applications]]