We recommend using [[*Thunderbird*|https://www.thunderbird.net/]] in Tails for:

Installing *Thunderbird* as additional software

To install *Thunderbird* as additional software:

Turn on the **Thunderbird Email Client** feature.

<p>To reopen this page after restarting Tails, choose <b>Apps&nbsp;▸
Tails&nbsp;▸ Tails Documentation</b> and go to <b>Documentation&nbsp;▸
Uncensored and anonymous Internet&nbsp;▸ Emailing and reading news with
Thunderbird</b>.</p>

Tails also tries to install as additional software the language package
that corresponds to the language of this Tails session, if it exists. To
use *Thunderbird* in another language, see [[using *Thunderbird* in
another language|thunderbird#language]].

*Thunderbird* is downloaded and installed in the background after you
connected to the Tor network.

This first installation can take several minutes. During this time, no
*Thunderbird* launcher is available in the **Apps** menu.

<p>If you are comfortable with the command line and [[set up an
administration
password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]] when
starting Tails, you can execute the following command to track the progress
of the download and installation:</p>

*Thunderbird* will be reinstalled automatically every time you start Tails.
Future installations will be much faster since *Thunderbird* is already
downloaded to your Persistent Storage.