Email Clients Tutorials
Mozilla Mail Tutorial
While our Mozilla Mail tutorial focuses on Windows, keep in mind that Mozilla Mail is a "cross-platform" email client: it runs and operates the same way on Windows, Apple's Mac OS X and Linux.
The Mozilla Foundation also offers the standalone Thunderbird email client: see the Mozilla Thunderbird Tutorial
Mozilla Mail Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a partial list of keyboard shortcuts for Mozilla Mail on Windows. We picked the ones you are most likely to use all the time. Keyboard shortcuts allow you to do quickly, without forcing your hands away from the keyboard, things you would naturally do with the mouse.
Keyboard Shortcuts Indicators on Menus
Whether you are using Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX, the menus of most applications actually reveal many keyboard shortcuts.
The screenshot on the left is Mozilla Mail's Message menu; notice the acronyms on the right of the menu items, they are keyboard shortcuts.
To reply to an email, for example, you can hold down the control key ("Ctrl") and press "R", (while still holding down the Ctrl key.)
To reply to all recipients of the email, hold down both Ctrl and Shift, and press "R"
Mozilla Mail Keyboard Shortcuts
The keyboard shortcuts in this tutorial focus on Windows. Mozilla published a cross-platform list of keyboard shortcuts (Windows, Mac and UNIX):
Mozilla Thunderbird Keyboard Shortcuts 
General Mozilla Mail Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| F8 | Toggle the message pane's visibility |
| Ctrl+T | Receive all new emails |
| Ctrl+U | View current email's source |
| Ctrl+M | Create blank email |
| Del | Delete selected email |
| Ctrl+Q | Exit Mozilla Mail |
Email Organization Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| J | Mark selected email as "junk mail" |
| Shift+J | Mark selected email as "not junk" |
| M | Toggles the selected email's "Read" status |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Marks as "Read" all emails in current folder |
| 1-5 | Assign a label to the selected email |
| 0 (zero) | Un-label the selected email |
| * | Expand all threads |
Email Reading Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl++ | Increase email text size |
| Ctrl+- | Decrease email text size |
| Ctrl+0 (zero) | Normal email text size |
| F | Next email (tip:F as in Forward) |
| B | Previous email (tip: B as in backward) |
| N | Next unread email (tip: N as in Next) |
| P | Previous unread email (tip: P as in Previous) |
| T | Next unread thread |
| Ctrl+O | Open current email |
| Ctrl+P | Print current email |
Email Message Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+R | Reply to email |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Reply to all receipients |
| Ctrl+L | Forward email |
| Ctrl+Enter | Send an email |
Email Formatting Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+B | Bold |
| Ctrl+U | Underlined |
| Ctrl+I | Italic |
| Ctrl+L | Insert Link |
| Ctrl+A | Select All |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected text |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected text |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
Finding & Searching Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+F | Find text in current email |
| Ctrl+G | Find again (find next) |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Find previous |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Search messages |
Address Book Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+5 | Show Address Book (when in email side of Mozilla Mail) |
| Ctrl+2 | Show Mozilla Mail (when in Address Book) |
| Ctrl+I | Opens current contact's properties |