<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>
<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>