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== Initial Account Creation ==

The first time you start Thunderbird, you will be presented with an interface to create an account. You have four options available to choose from:

Select the ''Email Account'' option, then click ''Next'' to proceed.

This first dialog asks you for your name and the email address of the account you're setting up. The name you enter here will be displayed by other people when you send them an email. The Email address is the one that you will be receiving mail at. Fill in both and click ''Next'' to proceed.

The next screen presents you with two options. The email account can either be an [[Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Glossary#POP_glossary|POP Account]] or an [[Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Glossary#IMAP_glossary|IMAP Account]]. Contact your ISP or Email provider to find out which you should use. The default is POP and shows the following dialog:

Selecting ''Global Inbox'' will cause this account (and any other POP accounts set to use the Global Inbox) to direct all of their mail into a single Inbox, as opposed to each account having its own Inbox.

If you select the IMAP Option, the dialog box will change to resemble this:

Enter the incoming and outgoing server names (provided by your email provider) and click ''Next''.

This dialog asks for your incoming and outgoing user names. These will be provided by your email provider. This user name is sent along with your password to log in to the server. The user name for the outgoing server is typically the same as the incoming one. Click ''Next'' to proceed.

Finally you are asked to enter a name for the account. This name will be displayed and used by &brandShortName to refer to mail coming from this account. You can make it anything you want, but pick something that will make it easy to identify the account. Click ''Next'' to proceed.

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