- 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

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

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

<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>

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.

<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>

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
<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>

<h2>Gmail</h2>

<p>You can use your Gmail account with <i>Thunderbird</i> in Tails.</p>

<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>

<h1 id="news">Reading RSS and Atom news feeds</h1>

On top of reading emails, you can read news feeds that use the RSS and Atom standards in *Thunderbird*.

To create a feed account:

Choose **[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menulink="no" class="symbolic" link="noalt="Menu"]]&nbsp;▸ Account Settings** from the main window of *Thunderbird*.

Choose **[[!img lib/open-menu.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Menu"]]&nbsp;▸ Account Settings** from the main window of *Thunderbird*.

In the **Account Settings** tab, choose **Account Actions&nbsp;▸ Add Feed Account**.

In the **Feed Account Wizard**, click **Next** and **Finish**.

A new feed account named **Blogs & News Feeds** appears in the sidebar.

Click on the **Manage Subscriptions** button in the right pane.

In the **Feed Subscriptions** dialog, enter the URL of the news feed that you want to follow in the **Feed URL** field.