2009/8/23 fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>: > Hi! > > I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader. > > So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or IMAP mail reader, > but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read it. > What am I overlooking? Several years ago it was possible to use directly the mailbox spool file. As I remember the mail account type was "Movemail". Google for thunderbird + Movemail Search got several pages like: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/2f79a51703e414ec?pli=1 perhaps it is still possible Best regards