I use Thunderbird as my email client. I'm very satisfied with it: I spend a considerable amount of time writing/reading emails and Thunderbird has always been a wonderful tool for this.

Two features I always missed from Thunderbird were the ability to sort the different accounts on my profile to my taste and defining a default start up folder.

Folderpane Tools

The Folderpane Tools Thunderbird extension perfectly adds the features I needed.

FolderPane Configuration Interface

As you can see from the picture above, Folderpane Tools provides a simple interface to rearrange your accounts and define a start up folder.

Install Folderpane Tools

Installing Folderpane Tools is as easy as installing any other Thunderbird extension:

1. Right-click the "install now" button at the Folderpane Tools webpage and choose "Save Link As..." to download and save the file to your hard disk.
2. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK".
4. Restart Thunderbird!

Sort your mail accounts

Once you successfully installed the extension you will be able to define the new sorting order for your accounts and the new default start up folder by configuring the extension.

To configure Folderpane Tools simply:

1. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
2. Locate the Folderpane Tools extension and click on it.
3. Press the Preferences button

The user interface is not hard and you shouldn't have problems understanding it. You will simply have to rearrange your accounts to you taste and select the default start up folder you want to use.

Once you have sorted your accounts press "OK" and restart Thunderbid.

Your account should be sorted to your taste.