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Installing Thunderbird 2.0

These instructions will guide you through the download and installation of Thunderbird for Macintosh OS X. Per Mozilla's requirements, Thunderbird requires that you be running Mac OS X 10.2.x or later.

  1. Double-click on the Thunderbird.2.0.0.0.dmg icon that you downloaded. In some cases, your operating system may automatically open the disk image.

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  2. Click and Drag the Thunderbird icon to the Applications folder on your hard drive to install the application.

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  3. Drag the disk icon to the trash in order to unmount it. You may also drag the .dmg file to the trash to delete it.

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  4. Go to the Applications folder and double-click the Thunderbird icon. Thunderbird 2.0 will now start.

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  5. Once the application has started, you can right-click the Thunderbird icon and select "Keep in Dock" to make it easier to start Thunderbird in the future.

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Please proceed to the Thunderbird Configuration page.