How to Add Gmail account to Thunderbird

Add Your Gmail Account to Thunderbird Using IMAP

To set up your Thunderbird client to work with Gmail:
  • Enable IMAP in Gmail
  1. Sign in to Gmail.
  2. Click the gear icon in the upper-right and select Gmail settings at the top of any Gmail page.
  3. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
  4. Select Enable IMAP.
  5. Configure your IMAP client and click Save Changes.

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  • Open Thunderbird and type your name, Email address and password
  • Click Continue

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  • Tick the check box on IMAP(remote folders) and click on Manual config

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Now we need to manually enter in our settings similar to the following. Under the Server hostname section verify the following.
  • Incoming : imap.gmail.com / Port : Either 993 (ssl) or 143 (very infrequently 585 (ssl))
  • Outgoing : smtp.gmail.com / Port : Either 25 or 465 (ssl) (very infrequently 2525)
  • Click Re-test

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  • If you've entered everything in correctly, task will be completed successfully and you can click on Create Account

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  • Now you can check your gmail from Thunderbird clicking on Read messages

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