Thunderbird: Add a holiday calendar
Related Videos: How to add a Holiday Calendar to Lightning in Mozilla® Thunderbird (May 2024).
With the appropriate add-ons, you can add calendars with holidays in the free "Mozilla Thunderbird" mail client. In this article we show you exactly how this works.
Insert holidays calendar into Thunderbird
With "Litghtning" Mozilla provides you with a simple calendar solution. With this practical function you can expand Thunderbird.
- Install add-on: With the extension Mozilla Lightning you get the calendar solution Sunbird to Thunderbird. Drag and drop the extension into the Add-on Manager. You can find this in the menu on the top right under "Add-ons". After the installation you have to restart Thunderbird.
- Download calendar: You can download the calendar with the German public holidays (Germany) from the Thunderbird website. The calendars are available in the standard "iCal" format. You can also import all other calendars in iCal format.
- Import calendar: Finally, you have to import the calendar into Thunderbird. To do this, click on "File"> "Open"> "Calendar file ..." in the application menu and select your previously downloaded calendar.
Another practical tip shows you how to synchronize Thunderbird with your Google calendar.