<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>
When starting *Thunderbird* for the first time, an assistant appears to guide you through the process of configuring *Thunderbird* to access your email account.
<p>To start this assistant again in the future from the main window of <i>Thunderbird</i>, choose <b>[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menu" class=symbolic link=no]] ▸ Account Settings</b> and then, from the <b>Account Settings</b> dialog, choose <b>Account Actions</b> ▸ <b>Add Mail Account…</b>.</p>