• Start → cmd, then enter into command-line:
  start thunderbird -P
• Click on “Create Profile”
• “Enter new profile name” (optional)
• IMPORTANT: Click on “Choose Folder”
  • At the left side of the Explorer-window click on “Computer”
  • click on Drive (H:)
  • At the right side of the Explorer-window click with the right mouse-button into the free area
    From the context-menu choose “New” → “Folder”, enter name of the folder e.g. “Email-archive”
  • Then click on “Choose folder”
• Click on “Finish”
• Keep checked “Don't ask at startup”
• Click on “Start Thunderbird”
• A new windows for creating an email-account opens

“Create new account”

Follow the steps as above, but instead of creating a new folder select the already existing. Thus, as well as already configured Email-accounts and locally saved Emails will be immediately available without any further changes.
(Advantage of the AFS networking file system )

• Lightning (calendar and tasks)
• Remove Duplicate Messages (for removing duplicate emails)

• Start Thunderbird
• In the Popup-window that appears click on “Skip this and use my existing email”
• Into the following window “Mail Account Setup” enter:
  • name: e.g. John Doe
  • Email address, e.g. john.doe@uni-hamburg.de

    

  • Button “Continue”
  • Button “Manual config”
    • For username enter the RRZ-identification (RRZ= University Computing Center).
      Keep all the other configurations:
    • Incoming: IMAP / mailhost.uni-hamburg.de / 993 / SSL/TLS / Normal password
    • Outgoing: SMTP / mailhost.uni-hamburg.de / 587 / STARTTLS / Normal password
  • Button “Done”

Das Schritte zum Einrichten eines Profils für Firefox entsprechen denen von Thunderbird.

• Start → cmd, dann in Kommandozeile eingeben:
  start firefox -P
• Auf “Profil erstellen” klicken
• Gewünschten Profilnamen eintragen (optional)
• WICHTIG: “Ordner wählen” anklicken
  • Links im Explorerfenster “Computer” anklicken
  • Auf Laufwerk (H:) klicken
  • Auf der rechten Fensterseite mit der rechten Maustaste in den freien Bereich klicken
    Im Kontextmenü “Neu” → “Ordner”, Name für den Ordner z.B. Webfirefox
  • Abschließend “Ordner auswählen” klicken
• “Fertigstellen” anklicken
• Häkchen “Beim Starten nicht nachfragen” gesetzt lassen
• “Firefox starten” anklicken

Um ein vorhandenes Profil auf einem neuen PC verfügbar zu machen, gehen Sie ebenso vor wie für Thunderbird weiter oben beschrieben.

• DOM Inspector (shows the structure of a webpage and allows changes for testing reasons)
• Web Developer (toolbar with lots of util features e.g. validating HTML, CSS)