Your email provider should supply you with the information that you’ll use to set up an account. You can set up your account manually as well. Your account has been created and you are ready to use. Make your choice by clicking the checkbox and click OK button to save the settings. Once your account is created, Thunderbird ask you if you want to be the default application for email, newsgroups, or feeds. Click the Create Account button to add the account. If Thunderbird gets the information for your email provider it automatically enters that information for you. Thunderbird tries to get your account settings by connecting to the database of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that is maintained by Mozilla. After entering the information, click on the Continue button to go to the next step. You are now taken to a page where you will enter your existing email information. You simply need to click the button at the bottom entitled Skip this and use my existing email. In newer versions of Thunderbird, you will see a popup offering a new email account from a few sponsors. Click on the Create A New Account option. Click on the selection and the right hand panel will offer you several options. In the left hand sidebar, you will see a Local Folder. The second is manual, where you enter all of the account information yourself.

The first way is an automated process that guides you through the setup routine. There are two ways to create a new email account in Thunderbird.

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