Setting up Thunderbird for accesing Gmail

You can switch between pop3 or Imap, because Gmail support both of it.

1. Enable POP in your Gmail account.
2. Open Thunderbird, and select Tools > Account Settings.

3. Click Add Account.
4. Select the Email account radio button and click Next. The Identity screen appears.
5. Enter your full name in the Your Name field. Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) in the Email Address field, and click Next.

6. Select POP as the type of incoming server you are using. Enter pop.gmail.com in the Incoming Server field.
7. Set the Outgoing Server to smtp.gmail.com, and click Next.

8. Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com) in the Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name fields, and click Next.

9. Enter a name for your email account in the Account Name field, and click Next.

10. Verify your account information in the dialog box, and click Finish.

11. Select Server Settings from the folder list below your new account.

12. Update the Port value to 995.
13. In the Security Settings section, select SSL from the Use secure connection options.
14. Select Check for messages at startup and Automatically download new messages
15. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the folder list

16. Select the smtp.gmail.com (Default) entry from the list and click Edit. The SMTP Server page appears.
17. Enter smtp.gmail.com as the Server Name and set the Port to 587.

18. Select Use name and password and enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com) in the User Name field.
19. Select TLS from the Use secure connection radio buttons and click OK.
20. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Account Settings dialog.

* Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP in Gmail? To ensure that Gmail can communicate with your mail client, be sure to click Save Changes on the
Forwarding and POP settings tab.