Set up GMX Mail in Thunderbird - how it works

This practical tip shows you how to set up your GMX account in Mozilla Thunderbird and thus access your GMX emails.

To set up GMX Mail in Thunderbird:

1. First open Mozilla "Thunderbird".
2. When you start "Thunderbird" for the first time, the "Set up account" window appears automatically. Then click the "Skip and use my existing email address" button below.
3. Otherwise, on the start page under "Create new account:" click on "Email".
4. In the next window, enter your name, which should be displayed as the sender of the mail. In addition, enter your GMX email address and the corresponding password. Confirm with "Next".
5. Tip: If you select "IMAP", the mails remain on the GMX server. With "POP" the retrieved emails are downloaded to your PC and saved there.
6. As soon as the sample check of the emails was successful, click on "Done" to set up the account.

Windows 7 and Thunderbird version 31.0 were used for this practical tip. In our picture gallery we guide you step by step through Thunderbird.