Today we are going to show you how to install, use and configure ThunderBird. Thunderbird is an email manager program that allows you to have your emails on your pc or laptop, and download them from the server. This way you will have the security of copies on your own computer and you will empty the space occupied on the server, so that it does not get saturated, or you will have to pay more for it.
What is Mozilla Thunderbird?
Thunderbird is a free program from the company Mozilla (creator of Firefox) -the second most important search engine on the Internet-. Thunderbird offers us speed, agility and the possibility to use our e-mails even when we are not using them. we do not have an internet connection.
It perfectly complements programs such as Microsoft Outlook in terms of receiving, sending and storing emails on the computer itself and not only in the cloud. It is always an extra security to have your important emails safe in your daily work environment.
For this tutorial we are going to use one of the easiest to use email clients , free (free license), and it is called Thunderbird .
One of the objectives of installing our mail client is to keep our server empty. That is why we will use the POP3 protocol, so that it deletes the mails that are on the server and frees up space.
Installation
1.- The first thing we are going to do is to get the installer for our equipment at this web address:
https://www.thunderbird.net/es-ES/
2.- Click on FREE DOWNLOAD and it will download to your computer. An option will appear so that you can donate -if you want- to the company that gives you the program for free.
3.- When the download is finished, click on its name and it will start to install on your computer.
4.- If you are asked if you accept the changes, click on YES.
Then click on: NEXT – NEXT – INSTALL
and finally click on FINISH
Configuration of your email account
When we start our Thunderbird email client, we will see this:
Here you will add your name (or the one you want to be seen by whoever receives the email) the email and the password you have (given to you by your service provider, by the webmaster or by us).
Then click on MANUAL CONFIGURATION
And finally you will have to enter these data:
Enter the reception and delivery area of the program.
Now it will take you to the reading area and email folders and will gradually download the emails and their respective folders from the server.
Once installed and with your correct data, the program will place an icon on your desktop, so that you can access your emails whether you are connected to the internet or not: THEY WILL BE DOWNLOADED ON YOUR PC.
Important !
If you have a lot of data on the server, you need to leave the PC or laptop on long enough to download all those emails to the PC. It may take hours depending on how many emails you have accumulated on the server in that time.
