{"id":12101,"date":"2022-04-06T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2024-03-09T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:15:16","slug":"install-thunderbird-mail-client-on-debian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-thunderbird-mail-client-on-debian\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Thunderbird Mail Client on Debian 11\/Debian 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this guide, we are going to walk you through steps required to install Thunderbird mail client on Debian 11\/Debian 10 system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunderbird is a free and opensource cross-platform email application that was developed by Mozilla Foundation. It can be used as a mail client, chat client, RSS and news client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunderbird is easy to set up and comes bundled with so many features. Some of the features include;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It support security features such as SSL\/TLS connection to IMAP and SMTP servers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It supports HTML code insertion on message composure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports big size file linking instead of sending them as an attachment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports junk\/spam filtering and whitelisting based on the address book.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It supports quick search, advanced message filtering, message labeling to make it easy to find your messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can manage multiple email and multiple identities within accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a comprehensive list of features, check on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thunderbird.net\/en-US\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thunderbird Features<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Thunderbird on Debian 11\/Debian 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunderbird is not installed by default on Debian desktop systems. It is however available on Debian default repositories and thus you can install the latest version of Thunderbird on Debian;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt install thunderbird -y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launch Thunderbird<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation is done, click on Windows Key to launch the Activity Overview and search for Thunderbird to launch it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-thunderbird-debian.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1746\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-thunderbird-debian.png\" alt=\"Install Thunderbird mail client on Debian 11\/Debian 10\" class=\"wp-image-12102\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-thunderbird-debian.png?v=1649267438 1746w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-thunderbird-debian-768x117.png?v=1649267438 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-thunderbird-debian-1536x233.png?v=1649267438 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1746px) 100vw, 1746px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the icon to launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you launch it for the first time, it will prompt you whether to add your existing email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup Mail Account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are adding mail account for the first time, you can proceed with the setup wizard above. Therefore;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter your name that will appear as from in the outgoing messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your email address e.g&nbsp;amos@gmail.com,&nbsp;xxxx@domain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set your mail authentication password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/setup-thunderbird_mail-account.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/setup-thunderbird_mail-account.png\" alt=\"Install Thunderbird mail client on Debian 11\/Debian 10\" class=\"wp-image-12103\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/setup-thunderbird_mail-account.png?v=1649267507 1028w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/setup-thunderbird_mail-account-768x524.png?v=1649267507 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use your Gmail account, as we do in this guide;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>&nbsp;to set up your email configurations. If your configuration settings are available in Mozilla ISP database, your setup should be successful and you should see such a screen as shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-email-configs-found.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-email-configs-found.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-email-configs-found.png?v=1649267552 1028w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-email-configs-found-768x523.png?v=1649267552 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you encounter an error saying&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<em>Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account<\/em>\u201c<\/strong>, you have to set up your configurations manually specifying your SMTP\/IMAP server, type of encryption, type of authentication. See screenshot below as an example;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manual_account_configuration-thunderbird.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1137\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manual_account_configuration-thunderbird.png\" alt=\"Install Thunderbird mail client on Debian 11\/Debian 10\" class=\"wp-image-12105\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manual_account_configuration-thunderbird.png?v=1649267585 1137w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manual_account_configuration-thunderbird-768x527.png?v=1649267585 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<strong>Done&nbsp;<\/strong>to finalize the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using a Gmail account as in our example, you will be redirected to your Google account sign in page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<strong>Next&nbsp;<\/strong>to login to your account and continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next page, you will be prompted to allow Mozilla Thunderbird as a trusted application to access your Gmail account in order to read, compose and sent your emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-google_sign-in.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1305\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-google_sign-in.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-google_sign-in.png?v=1649263297 1305w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-google_sign-in-768x473.png?v=1649263297 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1305px) 100vw, 1305px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<strong>Allow<\/strong>&nbsp;to finalize your email setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When done, click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to go to your mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thunderbird is now setup to send and receive mail messages from your Gmail account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-gmail-account.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1305\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-gmail-account.png\" alt=\"Install Thunderbird mail client on Debian 11\/Debian 10\" class=\"wp-image-12097\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-gmail-account.png?v=1649263072 1305w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderbird-gmail-account-768x468.png?v=1649263072 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1305px) 100vw, 1305px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Great, that is all it takes to install Thunderbird on Debian 11\/Debian 10. 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