Mozilla ThunderBird: Keyboard shortcuts

Most Used Keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Thunderbird

                Knowing the most useful keyboard and mouse shortcuts for your e-mail client can cut down on writing time and increase productivity. But in order for shortcuts to make your job easier, you'll need to commit them to memory. Printing out this document and keeping it where you can glance at the shortcuts while you read e-mail with Mozilla Thunderbird will keep you using them until the shortcuts become automatic.

A note about command keys:
 

Mac users will find that they will need to use the [Cmd] key in place of the [Ctrl] key, and Return instead of [Enter]. It is also important to note that Mac OS reserves the function keys (F1 through F12) for its own purposes, so Function key shortcuts will likely not work on Macs. 

 

Tagging and marking shortcuts:

[M]: Mark message as read or unread (toggle)

[R]: Mark thread as read

[J]:Mark message as Junk

[Shift][J]: Mark message as Not Junk

[1]: Add or remove "Important" tag (toggle)

[2]:Add or remove "Work" tag (toggle)

[3]:Add or remove "Personal" tag (toggle)

[4]:Add or remove "To Do" tag (toggle)

[5]:Add or remove "Later" tag (toggle)

[0]:Remove all tags from selected message

Responding to and writing new e-mail messages shortcuts:

[Ctrl][L]: Forward selected message

[Ctrl][E]: Edit current message as a new message

[Ctrl][R]: Reply to message sender

[Ctrl][Shift][R]: Reply to All (replies to message sender and all other recipients)

Note: The reply and forward shortcuts are likely to be the most used of this group.

Reading e-mail Shortcuts:

[Ctrl][Shift][F]: Search messages

[Ctrl][F]: Find in current message (open a search window at the bottom of the current e-mail message)

[Ctrl][O]: Open e-mail message in new window

[Ctrl][W]: Close current open e-mail message window

[Ctrl][P]: Print currently selected e-mail message

[F]: Go to next message (from any Thunderbird screen)

[N]: Go to next unread e-mail message (from any Thunderbird screen)

[B]: Go to previous e-mail message (from any Thunderbird screen)

[P]: Go to previous unread e-mail message (from any Thunderbird screen)

Note: These shortcuts are best ones if you are dealing with lots of emails.

Send and receive shortcuts:

F5 [Ctrl][T]: Send and receive all messages for all e-mail accounts

[Ctrl][Shift][T]: Get new messages for all e-mail accounts

[Esc]: Stop current action

[Ctrl][M]: Write new e-mail message

[Ctrl][Enter]: Send current message now

[Ctrl][Shift][Enter]: Send current message later

[Ctrl][Q]: Exit Thunderbird