Mozilla Thunderbird is the preinstalled email client application on Ubuntu. Using this application, an Ubuntu user can read emails coming into his or her mail inbox. We will explain it in a step-by-step manner as usual based on our OS version 24.04 "Noble Numbat". Now let's learn and start the exercise!
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This tutorial will help you setup your Gmail email account using Thunderbird on Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat." Thunderbird from Mozilla is the default email client program on Ubuntu. With this, you can send and receive emails in a dedicated application with offline access, a lot of personal configurations and abilities to backup them easily. We will use the standard IMAP configuration here that is the easiest one. Lastly, we hope this will help your computing with Ubuntu. Now let's start!
1. Run Thunderbird from the Ubuntu button.
2. "Account Setup" should show by now.
If not, click three lines menu > New Account > Existing Email.
3. Type your three information:
4. Click Continue and let Thunderbird process it for a while.
5. "Configuration Found" and "Available configurations" messages will show. Let it select "IMAP" and not POP3 and click Done.
6. A new window will show to ask you three things:
7. "Account Successfully Created" message will show at the top and click Finish to the bottom.
8. Finally, your Gmail inbox will show on the left e.g. yourname@gmail.com > wait for it to read all your emails > now Thunderbird is ready to send and receive emails with your Gmail account.
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Thunderbird is the flagship Ubuntu email client and the free/libre open source software one for all major operating systems. by default, Thunderbird does not show sender replies and you might not like it. If you prefer Gmail-like ways to view replies including yours in every mail conversation, you can use the add-on Conversations. We will show how below.
This should open your emails. If you find it blank, please first setup your email account with Thunderbird.
Go to menu (three lines button) -> Add-ons and Themes -> type the name of the add-on "conversations" -> press Enter -> found Thunderbird Conversations.
Click Install -> click OK -> add-on installed.
Close Thunderbird and open it again.
Now, Thunderbird shows your own replies in every mail conversation in manners similar to Gmail web. It includes reply buttons (on bottom of every conversation) as well as hovering tooltips (on every user account) you might have been familiar with for years.
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Thunderbird latest versions in 2023 also known as Supernova is the latest generation of the email client program also widely known as Ubuntu's email client. It is different to the previous versions as it brings out major changes to its user interface as well as improvements to the underlying system behind it. This tutorial will help you to install Thunderbird Supernova or upgrade the one installed on your Ubuntu computer.
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Continuing email beginner's guide, now we Ubuntu users who have Android can read our emails anywhere anytime in both devices. It's a wonderful experience. On computer we use Thunderbird, while on phone we use K-9, both are free software. This tutorial uses Disroot email account as example, thanks to its gratis IMAP feature. Now, let's go!
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This tutorial explains to you how to have a free email account on the internet. Your email address will look like yourname@disroot.org and people will send you emails using it. This tutorial covers the step by step registration process, how to access your inbox, how to send your first email, and how to integrate your computer with it using a program called email client, all with pictures. This includes the reason why Disroot is chosen here. Now let's go and happy emailing!
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