Thunderbird is a nice email client software for managing your email. You can setup a cPanel email account with Mozilla Thunderbird and receive/send email.
1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
2. Click on the Menu Icon located on right side of the screen and then go to "
New Message". A drop box will open.
3. Now Click on the "
Existing Mail Account".
4. In Mail Setup Account, fill out your name, full email address like "
yourname@example.com", and the password of your email account. Then click on "
Continue".
5. It can take a few minutes to configure your email account so be patient. Once it is done, you will need to click on "
Done".
![thunderbird-email-setup-done.gif](/img/thunderbird-email-setup-done.gif)
6. If it shows a SSL Security exception, then click on the
"Confirm Security Exception" button and the warning will disappear within few minutes.
![mozilla-thunderbird-confirm-security-exception.gif](/img/mozilla-thunderbird-confirm-security-exception.gif)
Congratulations, Your email is setup up successfully. Now, you can manage your email through Mozilla Thunderbird.