You can Start over with another Yahoo! Mail account (by clicking that link), or manually edit some of your account settings. Two green dots indicate that Thunderbird successfully tested incoming mail server and outgoing mail server for your Yahoo! Mail account. Thunderbird 3 auto-configures your Yahoo! Mail account settingsįor a few seconds, Thunderbird will attempt to connect to your Yahoo! Mail account using the credentials you supplied: if all goes well, you should see the following summary screen: Once you have double-checked your Yahoo! email address and password, click Continue.
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(The only time Thunderbird will ask you for your Yahoo! Mail password is if it cannot connect to your account any longer - this typically happens if you have changed the password for your Yahoo! profile, or if Yahoo! Mail is down - and can therefore not "talk" with Thunderbird to confirm that the password is valid.) Only keep this convenient option enabled if you trust others with whom you may be sharing a computer. The Remember password checkbox is checked by default: if you leave it checked, Thunderbird will keep your password safely on file, and automatically supply it to Yahoo! whenever needed, without asking you for it. (It is worth the download, since in addition to being free, Mozilla Thunderbird 3 auto-configures your email account settings for the most popular email services, like Yahoo! Mail.) If you did not see an email account setup screen like the one shown on the screenshot above, you may be using an older version of Thunderbird: go to to download the latest version. Finally, enter the password for your Yahoo! Mail account.
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In the new mail account screen that opened, enter your name, as you would like it to show when you send emails from Thunderbird using your Yahoo! Mail account then, enter your full Yahoo! email address in the form " (where " yourEmail" is your actual Yahoo! user name). Either way, you will end up with the New Mail Account Setup screen of the Account Wizard which will guide you through the steps needed to setup your Yahoo! Mail account inside Thunderbird. You can add email accounts in Mozilla Thunderbird in two different ways: you can click on the File menu, and choose New, and then Mail Account - or go to Tools > Account Settings, and click on the Add Account button. Setup your Yahoo! Mail account in Thunderbird