thunderbird

Mozilla email and calendar client

TLDR

Start Thunderbird

$ thunderbird

Compose new message

$ thunderbird -compose "[to='email@example.com',subject='Hello']"

Open profile manager

$ thunderbird -ProfileManager

Use specific profile

$ thunderbird -P [profile-name]

Safe mode

$ thunderbird -safe-mode

Check for new mail

$ thunderbird -mail

SYNOPSIS

thunderbird [-compose opts] [-P profile] [options]

thunderbird is Mozilla's free, open-source email client that supports multiple email accounts, calendar integration, an address book, RSS feed reading, and built-in OpenPGP encryption for secure messaging.
The application supports IMAP, POP3, and SMTP protocols, and can be extended with add-ons for additional functionality. It uses profiles to store settings and data, manageable through the -ProfileManager flag, and can be launched in -safe-mode to troubleshoot issues with extensions.

PARAMETERS

-compose OPTS

Compose message.

-P NAME

Use profile.

-ProfileManager

Profile manager.

-safe-mode

Safe mode.

-mail

Check mail.

-addressbook

Open address book.

CAVEATS

Desktop application. Profile-based storage. Memory usage can be high.

HISTORY

Thunderbird is developed by Mozilla Foundation as a free, open-source email client companion to Firefox.