Multiple Customization & Setup Issues

Question

I am an old school Eudora Pro (6.x) user and I VERY much like the extremely clean and uncluttered UI that is uses. Unfortunately because of situations not under my control I can no longer see it and must use Thunderbird. Please help me do the following tp get it as close to the very clean and simple look and feel of Eudora.
1) I need to be able to set up a primary email account [email protected] and enable it as a (using the Eudora term here) the relay account. This is required as I am the webmaster of several websites and have a [email protected] address for each. As is common these days, ISP will only let you send mail through their outgoing servers ergo I need to use that primary account at my ISP as the relay account.
2) How do I get rid of chat, newgroups, and feeds? I want an email client, I don't need any of that outdated junk.
3) How do I set up all of my accounts to use a common IN, OUT, and JUNK set of mailboxes when I fetch mail. I have about 8-10 email accounts I need to maintain and I do not want to be clicking all over the place to read my mail. IN BOX is IN BOX.
4) How do I set things up so that common INBOX is what os displayed in the right hand pane rather than whatever that obscure page is that is shown by default?
5) In testing I set up one account completely wrong and I want to delete it but I see no way what so ever to delete an account. I have right clicked, left clicked, and hit delete on every possible object I see but nothing comes up about deleting an account. I only see edit or create accounts. How do I delete an account?
Once I get these addressed I'll post the 2nd batch of questions i have. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

'''1.''' re: [email protected] - Create a mail account. Do this account first.
Via Menu Bar
File > New > Existing mail account
or
Via Mail ToolBar:
Menu icon > New Message > Existing mail account
or
via 'Account Settings' window
Click on 'Account Actions' button
select 'add mail account'
More info:
* https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/automatic-account-configuration
Enter name, email address and password (same one used to access webmail)
click on 'Continue' button
thunderbird will attempt to locate configuration.
Make sure the correct Server Type is selected - POP or IMAP
If you need to manual configure click on 'Manual Config' button
Click on 'Done' to create the account.
re: [email protected]
Create mail accounts as before.
Then manually alter the Outgoing Smtp server to use the SMTP outgoing server of the primary account.
select the mail account name
then select the appropriate Outgoing server SMTP from drop down.
see image below.
note:
To send different email address via your ISP.
You will need to logon to your ISP webmail account (primary account) to set up allowing smtp sending using those other [email protected] email addresses.
'''2.''' chat, newgroups, and feeds - modern up-to-date recently added functionality methods which some people like to use. Not only for 'chit chat', but many scientists, researchers and developers keep in touch with recent papers etc. However, no need tobe overly concerned as these types of accounts will only be added if you add them.
There may be a eg: 'Chat' button on the toolbar you may wish to remove. I removed mine as I do not use it.
Via Menu Bar:
View > Toolbars > Customise
or
Via Mail ToolBar:
Menu Icon > Options > Toolbar Layout
or
right click on the 'Mail Toolbar' and select 'Customise'.
drag 'Chat' button off toolbar onto the Customise window.
click on 'Done'
'''3.''' If all your mail accounts are POP
You can set them up to use a Global Inbox.
One or more POP mail accounts can be set up this way.
IMAP accounts cannot be configured to use a Global Inbox as each IMAP Inbox cannot be combined, each IMAP Inbox has a remote view of Inbox on server.
See Global Inbox info:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
Alternatively:
You could use a quick view method to create a virtual Inbox which displays all emails from every Inbox. This works with IMAP and POP mail accounts.
It also allows a drop down so you can still see the separate Inboxes if required.
Via Menu Bar:
View > Folders > Unified
or
Via Mail ToolBar:
Meni icon > Folders > Unified.
'''4.''' Thunderbird will open on whatever state you left it in.
So if you selected the mail account name Inbox and were viewing those emails and then exited Thunderbird. Next time you start up, it should open on the same folder.
Thunderbird does have a start page which is usually displayed in the Message Pane, but as soon as you select an email in the list it disappears. However, you can switch this off if you like.
Via Menu Bar:
Tools > Options > General
or
Via Mail ToolBar:
Menu icon > Options > Options > General
Thunderbird start page
Uncheck : 'when Thunderbird launches, show the Start Page in the messageing area'.
Click on OK
'''5.''' To delete an account, you need to be in Account Settings not in the general user interface. ther's more than one way of getting to Account Settings, so choose which you prefer.
Via Menu Bar:
Tools > Account Settings
or
Via Mail Toolbar:
Menu icon > Options > Account Settings
or
via Folder Pane:
right click on mail account name in fodler pane and select 'Settings'
* Select the mail account name in the left pane
* click on 'Account Actions
* select 'Remove account'
* Click on 'OK'
See image below.