Hello there Prb1234

We have read your message. We try to help you.

Of course we have a document for that! Please read.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Search

Pleas use our search add-on s from Thunderbird. https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/search-button/?src=search

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/show-attachment-in-search/?src=search

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/folder-filters-button/?src=collection&collection_id=72ebc157-b965-490d-8471-7276564dc31a

Greetings Firefox Volunteer.

There are multiple ways to search in Thunderbird. These two links should be a good start.

Quick Filter Toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/quick-filter-toolbar

Global Search https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search

Hello there Prb123

To read this please.

01 Enable Fast and Universal Search in Mozilla Thunderbird To make sure fast indexed search is available in Mozilla Thunderbird:

Select Tools | Options… or Thunderbird | Preferences… from the menu.

Go to the Advanced tab.

Open the General category. This step may not be necessary in newer versions of thunderbird. If you don't see it, skip to the next step

Make sure Enable Global Search and Indexer is enabled under Advanced Configuration.

Close the Advanced preferences window.

02 Search Mail in Mozilla Thunderbird To find a specific email in Mozilla Thunderbird, start by performing a simple search:

Click in the search field in the Mozilla Thunderbird toolbar.

Type the words you think were the subject of the email or start typing email addresses to find all the email from a specific person.

Click Enter or select an auto-completion choice if there is more than one match.

03 To narrow the search results:

Click any year, month or day to show only results from that time.

Click the looking glass to zoom out.

If you cannot see the timeline, click the timeline icon.

Hover over any filter, person, folder, tag, account or mailing list in the left pane to see where in time and on the timeline the messages matching the filter are located.

04 To exclude persons, folders, or other criteria from search results:

Click the unwanted person, tag, or another category. Select can't be… from the menu that comes up. To reduce results to a particular contact, account, or another criterion:​

Click the desired person, folder, or category. Select must be… from the menu that appears.

05 To filter your search results:

Check From Me to see only messages sent from one of your email addresses. Check To Me to include messages to you as a recipient. Check Starred to see only starred messages. Check Attachments to see only messages that include attached files. That's it!

06 To open any message, click its subject line in the search results. To act on multiple messages or see more details, click Open as list at the top of the results list.

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/mailing-list-filter/?src=search

Greetings Thunderbird Volunteer.

thank you! I will look at the links you have provided.

what I really would like is some sort of user guide / instruction manual, and I'm not a very technical person The wiki article seems too advanced/specialized for me.

A basic "here is how you use Search in Thunderbird" guide is what I really need.

thank you for your help! I will read this and follow the instructions. :-)

Hello there Prb0123

Here take our manual for Thunderbird. Use a good antivirus.

If you have more questions send a message. That is why we are here Thank you for using Thunderbird.

https://archive.flossmanuals.net/_booki/thunderbird/thunderbird.pdf (Scanned with virus total)

Greetings Firefox volunteer.

There are lots of articles out there on Thunderbird features. Do a Google search for the function your are curious about because the Thunderbird help and it's search are not the best.

The last thing it would do is click a link to someone's personal document!