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Set up email in Thunderbird

Set up your email account in Thunderbird quickly and easily. Follow the steps for automatic or manual email configuration and optionally add an email signature.

Thunderbird is a free email application for Windows and Mac and can be used as an alternative to Outlook new and the paid Outlook classic.

You can download Thunderbird here:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/

Add an email account to Thunderbird

Open Thunderbird and start adding your email account.

Step 1: Enter your account details

Under Account setup, enter your name, email address, and password.

Step 2: Let Thunderbird detect the email settings

Continue to the next step. Thunderbird will now try to automatically detect the correct email settings.

Manually set up email in Thunderbird

If Thunderbird does not automatically find the correct settings for mail.recra.net, enter the settings manually as shown in the image below.

Select Re-test to check the settings. If the settings are correct, select Done.

Set up an email signature in Thunderbird

Your email account is now set up and ready to use. If you also want to add an email signature, select Add a signature and configure your preferred signature.

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