Resolved Can I use thunderbird email with Internet Explorer?

I feel this may be a terribly puerile question, but my knowledge of such things is very limited. I've read such good things about the Thunderbird email client, I was considering downloading it. The problem is that I use IE as my browser, and thought I may need to have Foxfire to use it. Are my assumptions accurate? Or can I use thunderbird without installing foxfire? Thanks for reading.

 

Firefox and Thunderbird are separate, stand alone applications.

You do not need one of them for the other to work.

 

Thank you kindly for your edifying reply.