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title: "Thunderbird"
linkTitle: "Thunderbird"
date: 2023-05-30
weight: 2
description: >
  Thunderbird is the *best* self-sovereign client for email, calendar, contacts on all the desktop platforms. No big company is spying on your data. While there *are* other clients your can use, we *strongly* recommend Thunrderbird.
---

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This documentation is for users and administrators, not those wanting to install.
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Thunderbird isn't clunky anymore. Lots of investment is going into this great email, calendar, contacts, and more desktop client.

You can download Thunderbird from their [website](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/download/).

The steps for configuring Thunderbird are practically the same for the major desktop platforms. Use the standard installation options and allow Thunderbird to be your default mail application.

You'll be asked to enter your Federated Core email address. Thunderbird *should* auto-configure your settings, but if you need to manually set them up, here is the needed information:

**IMAP**

Server: mail.domain.com (where "domain.com" is your domain name. Example: mail.federated.com.)
Port: 993
Security: SSL/TLS

**SMTP**

Server: mail.domain.com (where "domain.com" is your domain name. Example: mail.federated.com.)
Port: 465
Security: SSL/TLS

Click "Finish" and you're ready to send/receive email.

**Contacts**

In order to connect Thunderbird to the addresses kept in your Nextcloud application, select the small address book icon in the upper right of Thunderbird:

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**Calendars**