Many users try to push Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird because of problems with Yahoo Mail. Are you in the group If so, read the article to find the solution you were looking for.
The era of information sharing over the cloud is an integral part of Yahoo Mail's power. Yahoo Mail has many users who use the Yahoo email service for their daily messaging and data sharing. The other features provided in the Yahoo webmail account entice users to make Yahoo their main webmail client.
With all the advantages, there is a disadvantage. Yahoo Mail experiences email issues and other situations where the user switches from the Yahoo webmail service to another email client. This may be because the Yahoo! Mail no longer used or for other reasons.
Let's look at the reasons why Yahoo Mail users access / transfer Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird (another email client).
Why is the user importing Yahoo Mail into Thunderbird?
Yahoo Mail users prefer Thunderbird as a better option over other email clients because it can work in offline mode and all email is stored locally in Thunderbird. E-mails can be easily imported and exported into Mozilla Thunderbird.
The following are the reasons for adding a Yahoo! – Thunderbird email accounts listed.
Yahoo Mail does not send email to other email clients
Email is not being received in Yahoo Mail.
Yahoo Mail outage / crash problem
The company is changing its email service from Yahoo to Thunderbird
After analyzing the above problems in Yahoo Mail, they differ as some problems frustrate the Yahoo user and look for another email client that will solve these lifelong problems for life. Some of the reasons for importing Yahoo Mail into Thunderbird are because of the professional nature of a company where the company switches webmail service and switches to a different email client service.
Now that the reason why a Yahoo user or group of Yahoo users is downloading all of the Yahoo email to Thunderbird, let's move on to the section where we will discuss the methods of configuring / adding Yahoo email to find Thunderbird.
Methods for transferring Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird
There are two methods of adding a Yahoo email account to Thunderbird, which are listed below
- Manual method
- Automated method
Let's start by knowing each method in a descriptive way
Manual method: add a Yahoo Mail account in Thunderbird
The manual method is to add Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird by linking Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird. All of the procedures processed in the manual method are detailed below. Note, however, that Mozilla Thunderbird must be configured and installed on the local system for this import process to work.
In Thunderbird, go to Tools (in the menu bar) >> Account Settings
Tools >> Account Settings
In the window that will open, select Account Actions, then select Add Email Account
Add an email account option
Enter your name, your Yahoo! Address and password
Click Connect to connect your Yahoo! – Authenticate credentials.
Add Yahoo user credentials
Select the POP account type or click Manual Setup
Choose manual configuration Note: Manual configuration option to configure server settings manually
Details about the Yahoo mail server in manual settings
Select Done to authenticate to Yahoo Webmail.
Select Done to add Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird
Once the authentication is complete, the Yahoo email account will be added to Thunderbird. Now move the emails from the Yahoo Mailbox folder to the account set up by Thunderbird.
Limitations for manually adding a Yahoo email account to Thunderbird
While the process of migrating email from Yahoo to Thunderbird is successful, there are some drawbacks that need to be considered once before using the method to be processed. The limits of the above procedure are listed below.
Tedious process of moving email to a Thunderbird account
User is frustrated and tired of transferring emails to Thunderbird account.
Now let's review the following method and see if the limitation is exceeded in the manual method
Automated method: download emails from Yahoo and import them into Thunderbird
This method is divided into two sub-methods that help to transfer emails from Yahoo to Thunderbird
Import the downloaded file into Thunderbird
Use the Yota Yahoo Mail Backup Tool to download Yahoo emails to the system. The software simply stores the Yahoo emails on the local system and offers attractive features and a great user interface.
Simple steps to back up Yahoo email to local hard drive are as follows:
Run the tool and log in with your Yahoo! account.
Log into the Yahoo Backup Tool
Choose Thunderbird MBOX format
Search destination
Click the Export button to transfer Yahoo Mail to Thunderbird archive
Conclusion
In this article, we look at Yahoo Mail and user reasons for switching to Thunderbird. It also describes the methods for downloading all Yahoo emails in Thunderbird. The limitations of the manual method result in an efficient method. This method easily transfers email from Yahoo to Thunderbird while providing a good user interface.
