Thunderbird is one of those email client applications which you can use to get access to your emails and keep a track of all your past emails as well, after configuration. We have this guide for you; you can use it for configuring it on your computer system.
How To Configure Yahoo Mail with Thunderbird application
- The first step is to download Thunderbird software, you can use this link https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
- After that install this and open Mozilla Thunderbird by clicking on it
- Now, click on your e-mail
- Here, click on Email under the Create a new account section
- After that select Skip this and use my existing email option
- Here, enter your name, username, and password from Yahoo when prompted; then click on Continue button
- Here, you need to choose the IMAP option as you want to use the IMAP setup
- Now, you can use the default settings, or set them up manually if needed; these are the settings
- Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
- Server – imap.mail.yahoo.com
- Port – 993
- Requires SSL – Yes
- Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
- Server – smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- Port – 465 or 587
- Requires SSL – Yes
- Requires authentication – Yes
- Your login info
- Email address – Your full email address
- Password – Your account’s password
- Requires authentication – Yes
- Once you are done with the configuration, and then click on Re-test to make sure the settings are correct; if it is correct then move ahead else double-check that you have entered everything correctly or not
- The final step is to click on Done to save the settings
- That’s all
You can see that the configuration is easy with the help of this quick guide. Here, you need to make sure that your server settings are used properly. This is an important step, you need to be careful here and the Re-Test tab gives you a confirmation.
Note – You need to download the latest Thunderbird version and use the correct IMAP settings and follow each step carefully. Thunderbird is a free and open-source email client that can be configured for any webmail.
If you are not able to configure your Yahoo mail account with Mozilla Thunderbird so you can speak with Yahoo mail expert by dialing toll-free Yahoo customer service helpline phone number.
If your sign-in is being prevented (i.e., Thunderbird can’t authenticate) even if you know your yahoo ID and password are correct, check the authentication method. Yahoo recently changed to more secure authentication methods. By default Thunderbird attempts to use “normal password” as the authentication method but Yahoo’s server’s now block this authentication method. The authentication method I selected in Thunderbird that seems to work for Yahoo is “OAuth2” so select that for both the IMAP and SMTP servers. You’ll get a pop-up screen asking you to enter your Yahoo ID and password again. Once you do that Thunderbird and your Yahoo Mail account will be linked.