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Install search engine DuckDuckGo in Thunderbird

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ineuw
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Would like to add DuckDuckGo as my search engine in Thunderbird. I read all posts on the web pertaining to this issue and none of the solutions are working, in fact some are contradictory.

Would like to add DuckDuckGo as my search engine in Thunderbird. I read all posts on the web pertaining to this issue and none of the solutions are working, in fact some are contradictory.

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Thunderbird redirects all external searches to the default browser.

In case of Google Search there is an add-on for Thunderbird. You'd need to look for an add-on that adds DuckDuckGo to the list of search engines in Thunderbird.

Any external searches would then open in your default browser using DuckDuckGo.

Whether such an add-on exists I don't know.

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christ1
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Thunderbird redirects all external searches to the default browser.

In case of Google Search there is an add-on for Thunderbird. You'd need to look for an add-on that adds DuckDuckGo to the list of search engines in Thunderbird.

Any external searches would then open in your default browser using DuckDuckGo.

Whether such an add-on exists I don't know.

ineuw
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Thanks for the reply. I found a slightly convoluted solution and it works.

JRSQRD
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ineuw, Please supply "slightly convoluted solution"

Thanks

PS: Why would TB NOT list DDG as a valid search engine?