{"id":217,"date":"2025-01-21T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/help-artikel\/how-do-i-add-my-email-to-thunderbird\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:26:45","slug":"how-do-i-add-my-email-to-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"help-artikel","link":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/help-artikel\/how-do-i-add-my-email-to-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I add my email to Thunderbird?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is a customised guide specifically for Thunderbird:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open Thunderbird<\/strong>: Launch the Thunderbird application on your computer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add new account:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the main menu, click on <strong>E-mail<\/strong> (under the heading \u2018Accounts\u2019).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Create account <\/strong>&gt;<strong>E-mail<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entering data:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please enter your name, e-mail address and password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally enable the \u2018Remember password\u2019 option if you wish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Automatic configuration:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thunderbird automatically tries to find your email provider's server settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check that the settings are correct (e.g. IMAP for incoming mail and SMTP for outgoing mail).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manual settings (if required):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the automatic configuration does not work, you can enter the settings manually. You will need your e-mail provider's server names, ports, and security options for this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IMAP-server<\/strong>: theflycatcher.nl (poort 993, SSL\/TLS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMTP-server<\/strong>: theflycatcher.nl (poort 587, STARTTLS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add account<\/strong>: Click <strong>Done <\/strong>once the settings are correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Test your account<\/strong>: Send a test e-mail to check that everything works correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check with Gmail, Yahoo or iCloud if you need to set <strong>app-specific passwords<\/strong> or enable two-step verification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you encounter problems, consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/nl\/products\/thunderbird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunderbird support page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>With these steps, you can easily link an email account to Thunderbird!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","help-artikel","type-help-artikel","status-publish","hentry","category-email-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-artikel\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-artikel"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help-artikel"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webitup-company.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}