{"id":4500,"date":"2021-10-03T19:39:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T19:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=4500"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:21:21","password":"","slug":"how-to-connect-imap-to-thunderbird-client","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-connect-imap-to-thunderbird-client\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect IMAP in Thunderbird Email Client?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT IS THUNDERBIRD?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thunderbird is an email platform where you can link several of your email addresses and accounts in one single application. It is powered by Mozilla, and can be downloaded for free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thunderbird.net\/en-CA\/download\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HOW TO CONNECT YOUR IMAP EMAIL TO THUNDERBIRD?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Open Thunderbird. (We are using the 91.1.1 version in this tutorial.)<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>In the Home page, click on <strong>Email <\/strong>in the <em>Choose What to Set Up<\/em> section.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-4501\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_homepage-set-up-email.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_homepage-set-up-email.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_homepage-set-up-email-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_homepage-set-up-email-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_homepage-set-up-email-768x398.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>Another tab should show, asking for your IMAP email information:<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-image-4502\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-existing-email-address.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-existing-email-address.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-existing-email-address-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-existing-email-address-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-existing-email-address-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Fill in the required information and click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>On the same page, an <em>Available configurations <\/em>section will populate. Select <strong>IMAP<\/strong>, and click on <strong>Configure manually <\/strong>on the left bottom side of the page.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"507\" class=\"wp-image-4503\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configure.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configure.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configure-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configure-1024x961.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configure-768x721.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>To configure your CLDY webmail with Thunderbird, fill in \/ modify the rest of the information required, you will need the following:<br \/><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Incoming Server<\/span><br \/>Protocol: IMAP<br \/>Hostname: mail.<span style=\"color: blue;\">gocloudwebpage.com <\/span><em>(replace gocloudwebpage.com with your domain)<\/em><br \/>Port: 993<br \/>Connection security: SSL\/TLS<br \/>Authentication method: Autodetect<br \/>Username: (your CLDY email address)<br \/><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Outgoing Server<\/span><br \/>Hostname: mail.<span style=\"color: blue;\">gocloudwebpage.com <\/span><em>(replace gocloudwebpage.com with your domain)<\/em><br \/>Port: 465<br \/>Connection security: SSL\/TLS<br \/>Authentication method: Autodetect<br \/>Username: (your CLDY email address)<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"439\" class=\"wp-image-4504\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-settings.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-settings.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-settings-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-settings-1024x832.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-settings-768x624.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Click on <strong>Re-test<\/strong> to check if you have the correct settings put in. If Thunderbird runs it well, a message should appear on top of the <em>Manual configuration<\/em> block like this:<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"507\" class=\"wp-image-4505\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-successful-done.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-successful-done.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-successful-done-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-successful-done-1024x961.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-manual-configuration-successful-done-768x721.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Once everything\u2019s set, you can now click on <strong>Done<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>You will be given an \u201cAccount successfully created\u201d page looking like this:<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"355\" class=\"wp-image-4506\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish.png 1028w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-768x504.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Click on <strong>Finish<\/strong>, and you will be redirected to the homepage, where you should already be able to view the IMAP email you just added.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"239\" class=\"wp-image-4507\" style=\"width: 540px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-back-to-homepage.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-back-to-homepage.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-back-to-homepage-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-back-to-homepage-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/thunderbird_connect-imap-email_set-up-imap-email-finish-back-to-homepage-768x339.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS THUNDERBIRD? Thunderbird is an email platform where you can link several of your email addresses and accounts in one single application. It is powered by Mozilla, and can be downloaded for free here. &nbsp; HOW TO CONNECT YOUR IMAP EMAIL TO THUNDERBIRD? &nbsp; Open Thunderbird. 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