Thunderbird Email Client

Thunderbird from Mozilla foundation is an open source email client
supporting several languages and Operating Systems including Windows,
Mac, and Linux.

Configuring Email Accounts

• Thunderbird email client can be downloaded from here. Save the executable to your hard disk and run the setup file to install.
• Open Thunderbird email client after installing.
• Select Tools > Account Settings from the menu.
• Click the <Add Account> button to add a new account. Account Wizard window appears.
• Select ‘Email Account’ and click the <Next> button.
• Enter name (Your Name field) you would like to appear when you send email.
• Enter the email address you would like to setup.

Please note that your email provider must support POP3 or IMAP protocol. POP3 is a protocol that is used to retrieve email messages from a Server. Most ISPs provide this feature. Gmail also gives an option to use POP3 to manage your Gmail account. Yahoo provides this for Yahoo Mail Plus subscribers only. Click the <Next> button.

• Enter the Incoming Mail Server detials and click <Next>.
• Enter ‘Incoming User Name’ details. This is your email ID. Click <Next>.
• Enter ‘Account Name’ to identify the account. Click <Next>>
• Click the <Finish> button and <OK> to close the wizard.

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