If you do not wish to setup your e-mail account at this time, you may
choose to setup your accounts later by selecting the "Add" option
under the "Edit -> Account Setup" in Thunderbird.
Setup Email Accounts
If you would like to add an email account into Thunderbird, the targeting email
server should support SMTP and POP3 protocols for sending and receiving
emails respectively. After you start Thunderbird, please following the steps
below to complete your email account setup.
1. As illustrated in Picture 2-8, select "Email account" then click "Next";
2. Following by inserting "Your Name" and "Email Address";
3. Choose POP as the server type for retrieving your e-mails then input your
email server address. Input your email SMTP server address as you email
sending agent as illustrated in Picture 2-9.;
4. Follow the Account Wizard to input the receiving user name and the
account name in the next two pages;
5. At last, check all the account details are correct and click on the "Finish"
button.
Picture 2-9: Confirm e-mail account configuration details.
Composing Emails
After you have properly configured your email account with Thunderbird, you
can then start sending and receiving emails. All emails can be accessed from
the email folders in the left panel. You can use the [<] and [>] controls to
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