To set up your Thunderbird client to work with Gmail:
- Enable IMAP in Gmail
- Sign in to Gmail.
- Click the gear icon in the upper-right and select Gmail settings at the top of any Gmail page.
- Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP
- Select Enable IMAP.
- Configure your IMAP client and click Save Changes.
- Open Thunderbird and type your name, Email address and password
- Click Continue
- Tick the check box on IMAP(remote folders) and click on Manual config
Now we need to manually enter in our settings similar to the following. Under the Server hostname section verify the following.
- Incoming : imap.gmail.com / Port : Either 993 (ssl) or 143 (very infrequently 585 (ssl))
- Outgoing : smtp.gmail.com / Port : Either 25 or 465 (ssl) (very infrequently 2525)
- Click Re-test
- If you've entered everything in correctly, task will be completed successfully and you can click on Create Account
- Now you can check your gmail from Thunderbird clicking on Read messages
Setting up your Sent folder properly
- Thunderbird > Tools > Account Settings > Copies & Folders: set Place a copy in to Sent Items on the mail server
- Restart Thunderbird.
