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Tails includes *Thunderbird* for:

- Reading and writing emails

Reading and writing emails

- Reading [[!wikipedia RSS]] and [[!wikipedia Atom_(Web_standard) desc="Atom"]] feeds for news and blogs

Reading [[!wikipedia RSS]] and [[!wikipedia Atom_(Web_standard) desc="Atom"]] feeds for news and blogs

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To startopen *Thunderbird*, choose
<span class="menuchoice">
**Applications** **Apps&nbsp;▸
** Internet**&nbsp;▸
** Thunderbird**</span>.
.

To open *Thunderbird*, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Internet&nbsp;▸ Thunderbird**.

<div class="tip">

<p>To store your
emails, feeds, and settings across different working sessions,
turn on the [[Thunderbird|doc/first_steps/persistenc Email Client|persistent_storage/configure#thunderbird]]
feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>

<p>To store your
emails, feeds, and settings across different working sessions,
turn on the [[Thunderbird Email Client|persistent_storage/configure#thunderbird]]
feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>

</div>

For more detailed documentation, refer tovisit the [official
[*Thunderbird*
help Support](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird) website.

For more documentation, visit the official [*Thunderbird* Support](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird) website.

<div class="bug">

<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>

<h1 id="account">Configuring an email account</h1>

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.

<div class="tip">

<p>To startopen this assistant again in the future from the main window of
<i>Thunderbird</i>, choose
<span class="menuchoice">
**b>[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menulink="no" class="symbolic link=no]]**&nbsp;▸
**" alt="Menu"]]&nbsp;▸ Account Settings**
</span></b>
and then, from the <b>Account Settings</b>
dialog, choose <b>Account Actions</b>&nbsp;▸
<b>Add Mail Account&hellip;</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"]]&nbsp;▸ Account Settings</b>
and then, from the <b>Account Settings</b>
dialog, choose <b>Account Actions</b>&nbsp;▸
<b>Add Mail Account</b>.</p>

</div>

Enter your name, email address, and password into the corresponding fields.

Click **Continue**.

The assistant tries to configure automatically the correct settings to connect to your email provider based on your email address.