How do I use thunderbird to use my iCloud email account

I went through it completely as described in this article:

How do I use thunderbird to use my iCloud… - Apple Community

But unfortunately it doesn't work:

"The credentials you entered were rejected. Please check the settings"


I checked "Offline support" on or off.

Different spellings of my (iCloud) user name

firstname.lastname

v********@provider.de

Firstname

Firstname Lastname


What can I do?


Thank you very much,

Hartmut



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Posted on Jul 22, 2024 8:55 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2024 11:04 AM

If the email you are trying to set up does not end in @icloud.com (@me.com or even @mac.com) its not an icloud email.


A @provider.de email would be a 3rd party email account and settings would not be the same as for an actual iCloud based email.


If your email account is from a 3rd party provider then you need to contact them to get the correct settings for it so you can configure Thunderbird to access it.


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Jul 22, 2024 11:04 AM in response to Feister Meister

If the email you are trying to set up does not end in @icloud.com (@me.com or even @mac.com) its not an icloud email.


A @provider.de email would be a 3rd party email account and settings would not be the same as for an actual iCloud based email.


If your email account is from a 3rd party provider then you need to contact them to get the correct settings for it so you can configure Thunderbird to access it.


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