How to Set Up Gmail in Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is a third party software to configure the gmail account. Thunderbird is a desktop email client from Mozilla. It allow us to set up gmail in that if you prefer desktop email apps.

Step by step guide to setting up gmail in Thunderbird

1. Sign in to Gmail 
2. Click on Settings
3. Go to “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab. Select Enable IMAP/POP3 option
4. Download Mozilla Thunderbird and install it 
5. Tools –> Account Settings
6. Under Account Actions drop down (given at the bottom left) select Add mail account
7. Enter your name in the given box. Provide your email address and password in the required field and click on continue button
8. Thunderbird will automatically try to configure your settings for your mail account
9.  To fill the correct setting manually, click on Stop button given on the right
10. Now click on Manual Setup button 
11. Enter the settings manually
* Server Name : 
* Port 
* Username
12.Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP)
13. Select the smtp.gmail.com (Default) from the list and click Edit button. A small SMTP Server window will appear. 
14. Now enter the settings 
* Server Name : 
* Port :
15. On the left pane, click on the first option. On the right side, fill your email address in the Account name field. 
16. On Outgoing Server (SMTP) drop down select the server setting like Google Mail-smtp.gmail.com (Default)
17. Click on OK.
18. Now click on Read Message link on the right. 
19. Thunderbird will check all the settings and download all your mail instantly