Connect Thunderbird (Desktop) to your cPanel email account

This article will walk you through setting up Thunderbird to work with your cPanel-hosted email.

Download Thunderbird

We recommend Thunderbird as the email client to use with cPanel. It works exceptionally well and is free to use with no limits. Download Thunderbird from their website and install it on your device.

https://www.thunderbird.net/

Although these instructions are for a PC, the same steps can be followed for a Mac.

Automatic Setup

You will see the Hamburger icon in the top right of the Thunderbird window. 

Click this and select New Account:

Then click on Email:

Now, type in your name, email address, and email password.
If you don't remember your email password, you can reset it by following the steps in this article:
Reset cPanel Email Password

Click the Continue button.

Thunderbird will now detect the server configuration for you automatically:

After a few seconds, you should see your email server settings:

Click the Done button, and you will be ready to send and receive emails.

Calendar and Contacts

Once your email has been connected, Thunderbird should also offer to connect to your online Address Book and Calendar:

For the best experience, we recommend connecting both by clicking each Connect button.

Then, finally, click on the Finish button.