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You can do that by replacing with as the username in Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings. If you're using the same Gmail POP account with multiple email clients you need to enable recent mode in order to let each email client access all of the messages in that account. If you're using an IMAP account, click on "Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP ->Enable IMAP".

If you're using a POP account, click on "Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP -> POP Download:" and choose either "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)" or "Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on".

Logging into your Gmail webmail account using a browser.

If you don't want it to automatically configure your account press the "Manual Config" button in the second screen of "Mail Account Setup".Īfter you create the POP/IMAP account in Thunderbird enable using the POP or IMAP server with your account by: It defaults to a IMAP account but you can tell it to use a POP account instead using a radio button.

All you need to know is your email address and password, it will configure the account settings for you. You can create a new account by pressing the Add Mail Account button in Tools -> Account Settings -> Account Actions. To add an account in Thunderbird you need to have a Gmail webmail account, create either a POP or IMAP account in Thunderbird and then enable it in Gmail settings using a browser. Gmail provides free webmail accounts and POP, IMAP and SMTP servers. This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey (though some menu sequences may differ).