Setup Apple Email in Mozilla Thunderbird

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Setup Apple Email in Mozilla Thunderbird

I am having problems in setting an Apple Mail account in Mozilla Thunderbird 91.3.2 (64-bit) current version.

Having spoken with a very helpful Apple Support team member, it appears that Thunderbird's server settings are correctly set up (including passwords etc).

I notice on the Apple Community so users have recently had this problem too. I will try to contact Mozilla at https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/contact/ for a fix which may be associated with the use of macOS Monterey v12.0.1?

Any further assistance would be welcome thanks.

Posted on Nov 30, 2021 10:38 PM

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Answer 1

Owl-53

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Dec 1, 2021 1:45 AM in response to noel250

Very little details about the actual issue beyond having issue setting up an Apple Mail account.

Does one actually mean iCloud mail account?

Using app-specific passwords

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Answer 2

Ronasara

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Dec 1, 2021 11:06 AM in response to noel250

I have used Thunderbird for years and really like it. I have two comments to share. First, their support is quite good. A lot of questions can be answered on their web site. If no answer can be found there, they have support volunteers who are knowledgeable. Second, some email apps occasionally require us to manually do the setup for some reason. I would suggest going to your email service provider's web site and look for what settings access to their web site server requires. Clearly, Apple's people did not give you all of the correct settings or it would be working. Then you can manually enter the required settings, such as a different port number, etc. I have found it very useful to also write these settings down for future reference if needed.

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