<p>The <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/instant-messaging-and-chat">chat features of <i>Thunderbird</i></a> don't work in Tails.</p>
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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.
<ol> <li> <p>Make sure that you have 2-Step Verification turned on in your Gmail account.</p> <p>See <a href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185839">Google Account Help: 2-Step Verification</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Configure the new account as IMAP when <i>Thunderbird</i> asks you to choose between POP and IMAP.</p> </li> </ol>
Choose **[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menulink="no" class="symbolic" link="noalt="Menu"]] ▸ Account Settings**from the main window of *Thunderbird*.
If a site has no feed icon, right-click on the home or news page of the site in *Tor Browser* and select **View Page Source** in the shortcut menu. In the source of the page look for a link of type *application/rss+xml* or *application/atom+xml*. Not all sites have a news feed.