https://blog.param.sh/tags/mozilla/Recent content in Mozilla on DevLogsHugoenSat, 04 Apr 2026 09:36:46 +0530https://blog.param.sh/posts/setting-up-thunderbird-as-your-mail-client/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:36:46 +0530https://blog.param.sh/posts/setting-up-thunderbird-as-your-mail-client/<div class="notice note"> <div class="notice-title"> <i class="fa-solid fa-sticky-note" aria-hidden="true"></i>Note </div> <div class="notice-content">This walkthrough is part of the <a href="https://blog.param.sh/series/cloning-gmails-architecture" >Cloning Gmail&rsquo;s Architecture</a> series. For better context, I suggest you to start from <a href="https://blog.param.sh/posts/mail-server-communications-101/" >Part 1</a></div> </div> <p>In this tutorial, we will look how to install and configure a mail client (Thunderbird) on your local machine with your personal mail server, by setting up IMAP and SMTP connections.</p> <h3 id="about-thunderbird"> About Thunderbird <a class="heading-link" href="#about-thunderbird"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <p><a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mozilla Thunderbird</a> (yep, the same organization owning Firefox) is a free, open-source desktop email client that lets users send, receive, and manage email from multiple accounts in one place. In this guide, it serves as the client used to connect to the self-hosted mail server configured earlier in the <a href="https://blog.param.sh/series/cloning-gmails-architecture/" >series</a>. It is available to download for linux, macos, windows and android. They have also added an iOS version to their future roadmap and is currently in beta.</p>