Many of you must have tried using Gmail with Mozilla Thunderbird, but you didn’t knew the settings, right? No problem, below is a shot tutorial on how to access Gmail with Mozilla Thunderbird.

• Make sure POP access is turned on for your Gmail account.
• Select Tools | Account Settings… from the menu.
• Click Add Account….
• Make sure Email account is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Type your name under Your Name:.
• Enter your Gmail address under Email Address:.
• Click Next >.
• Make sure POP is selected under Select the type of incoming server you are using..
• Type “pop.gmail.com” under Incoming Server:.
• Click Next >.
• Enter your full email address (”john.john@gmail.com”, for example) under Incoming User Name:.
  • You’ll just have to append “@gmail.com” to what Mozilla Thunderbird has already entered for you.
• Click Next >.
• Give the Gmail account a name (something like “Gmail”, for example) under Account Name:.
• Click Next >.
• Now click Done.
• Highlight Server Settings under the new Gmail account.
• Make sure SSL is selected under Use secure connection.

Let’s set up the outgoing mail server specifically used for the Gmail account:

• Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the list of account on the left.
• Click Add….
• Type “smtp.gmail.com” under Server Name:.
• Type “587″ under Port:.
• Make sure Use name and password is checked.
• Type your Gmail address under User Name:.
• Make sure TLS is selected under Use secure connection:.
• Click OK.
• Highlight the Gmail account we created before.
• Under Outgoing Server (SMTP):, make sure smtp.gmail.com is selected.
• Open Server Settings under the Gmail account.
• Select TLS under Use secure connection:.
• Click OK.

That’s it! You are now ready to send/receive your Gmail account e-mails on Mozilla Thuderbird.