<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Bob, thanks for the explanation, I have read this before and I like the idea but How do I go about setting this up? If I send an email using Thunderbird does it not go through gmail anyway?This is the part I don't understand. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Raymond: Not all e-mail accounts have a Web interface. The big companies like Google and Yahoo and Microsoft have Web interfaces, but there are many mail providers that don't have Web interfaces, and there are many of us who use those other mail providers (such as your own ISP, or your own self-hosted mail server) because we want to keep our e-mail off the big (advertising, surveillance) companies like Google and Yahoo and Microsoft. E-mail is a different service than the World Wide Web, and so uses mail client software that's dedicated to the task. Thunderbird is one example of a "Mail User Agent (MUA)" or mail client; Claws and Evolution are others. Using an MUA actually gives you far more control over your e-mail. You can choose to download it to your own computer (or keep it on the server); you can access many different mail accounts from different providers, all at the same time; you can easily add encryption plugins to secure your mail; and best of all, you can set up your mail client so it works as you want it to, not the way Google or Yahoo or Microsoft tells you. If you're using only one mail account from only one big provider you may not need the multiple accounts features, but you can still use an MUA to get the other benefits. Remember that when you use a "free" service like Google or Yahoo or Microsoft, those services are selling *you* to their advertisers. Your mail is read by their 'bots, the better to find your what you like, where you live, who you know, and even when you sleep and how long. But using a mail client to connect to a mail service you trust will put you in control over your own data. - --Bob. On 2017-03-15 11:36 AM, Raymond House wrote: <div><div class="h5">> Hello all, I have been using ubuntu for many years now and I still > don't know what is the use of thunderbird.It duplicates my gmail > account,is slow,and seems complicated.I have been trying once more > to use it and it just seems to be a duplication of gmail (or any > other mail service).I'm probably missing something here but after > many bouts with it I still don't get it.I am wondering why it is > always on all the new distros? I suppose some people like it, I > don't.This is one of the rare things that bug me about ubuntu, > because I would never use any other OS.Thanks. > > > </div></div>- -- - -- Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>> Phone: <a href="tel:%2B1-519-635-9413" value="+15196359413">+1-519-635-9413</a> SOBAC Microcomputer Services <a href="http://sobac.com/sobac/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sobac.com/sobac/</a> Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAljJavYACgkQuRKJsNLM5erDqwCgvjv6s+zutZ3G5j3DRMR6OKgR oC4AoNKM7fLl8UNa9k20lwlzytyo0uHC =9Mt7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>