<p>To store your emails, feeds, and settings across different working sessions, turn on the [[ThunderbirdEmail Client|persistent_storage/configure#thunderbird]] feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>
<h1 id="account">Configuring an email account</h1>
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When startopening *Thunderbird* for the first time, an assistant appears to guide you through the process of configuring *Thunderbird* to access your email account.
When opening *Thunderbird* for the first time, an assistant appears to guide you through the process of configuring *Thunderbird* to access your email account.
<p>To startopen this assistant again in the future from the main window of <i>Thunderbird</i>, choose <b>[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menulink="no" class="symboliclink=no" alt="Menu"]] ▸ Account Settings</b> and then, from the <b>Account Settings</b> dialog, choose <b>Account Actions</b> ▸ <b>Add Mail Account…</b>.</p>
<p>To open this assistant again in the future from the main window of <i>Thunderbird</i>, choose <b>[[!img lib/open-menu.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Menu"]] ▸ Account Settings</b> and then, from the <b>Account Settings</b> dialog, choose <b>Account Actions</b> ▸ <b>Add Mail Account</b>.</p>