This setting allows you to recover deleted items. We recommend that you configure your Thunderbird to move your deleted messages to the Deleted Items folder on the server (webmail).

You should be prompted to complete the normal web-based two-factor authentication process.Click Done. The Thunderbird main window displays.Username (Incoming and Outgoing): your SUNet If you do not have OAuth2 as an authentication choice you can click the Re-test button after filling in the server information. This will fail and a message saying 'Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account' will display. Thunderbird will attempt to automatically configure your account settings.Enter your name as you want it to appear in the From field in outgoing mail and your email address.When asked if you would like a new email address, click Skip this and use my existing email.Launch Thunderbird and choose to create a new Email account.

Set up a new Thunderbird accountĪfter installing Thunderbird you need to configure it for use with your mailbox. Follow the instructions on the site for installing Thunderbird. These instructions require Thunderbird version 78 or later. You can obtain a free download of Thunderbird from the Mozilla website. To request access to IMAP, please submit a Help request. With IMAP you can only access your email, not your calendars, contacts, or tasks. Note: it is currently not possible to upgrade from Thunderbird 68 to Thunderbird 78 in-app, from an earlier release, on Windows or macOS.Thunderbird lacks Exchange support so it needs to be configured for IMAP. You can download Thunderbird 78 right now for Windows, macOS and Linux from the Thunderbird website. Read over the Thunderbird 78 release notes for details on a more comprehensive change-log of everything notable in this released.

Address books stored in SQLite database.

Graphics hardware acceleration enabled by default.

Lightning calendar and tasks integrated.These and other key Thunderbird 78 features at a glance: Users of the Enigmail Add-on are advised not to upgrade to Thunderbird 78 at this time. OpenPGP support in Thunderbird 78 will be available “out of the box” when the Thunderbird 78.2 release arrives, expected in the next few months. To turn on OpenPGP support in Thunderbird 78 you need to go to the config editor and set to true. Native support for OpenPGP in Thunderbird is another big addition in this release but it is not enabled by default at present.

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