Series: How to Set up Email in Thunderbird

Pre-Flight Check

• These instructions are intended specifically for setting up an email account in Mozilla Thunderbird 38.3.0 on Mac OS X 10.11.1.
• While the steps should be similar across platforms and operating systems, they may not necessarily apply to older versions of Thunderbird.
• For help with general email account settings, see How to Set up Any Email Client.

Step #1: Create the Account

1. From Thunderbird’s main screen, select Email under the Create a new account section, or use the main menu to pull down to File -> New -> Existing Mail Account.
2. On the window that pops up, select Skip this and use my existing email to proceed to the Mail Account Setup screen.
3. Here you will enter some basic information about the account:
   • Your name should be your name as you want it to appear in emails that you send.
   • Email address should simply be the email address you’re setting up.
   • Password is the email account’s password.
4. Select Continue. Thunderbird now will attempt to discover the settings for your account automatically. If autoconfigure is not successful, you will need to configure the account manually.

Step #2: Set Account Type

Pre-Flight Check

• These instructions are intended specifically for setting up an email account in Mozilla Thunderbird 38.3.0 on Mac OS X 10.11.1.
• While the steps should be similar across platforms and operating systems, they may not necessarily apply to older versions of Thunderbird.
• For help with general email account settings, see How to Set up Any Email Client.

When connecting to your email server using the IMAP protocol, you have the ability to choose the specific mail folders to which you wish to subscribe.