# Anyone know how to setup WebMail add-on for Thunderbird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 1, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-setup-webmail-add-on-for-thunderbird/470526 "2008-11-01T02:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-setup-webmail-add-on-for-thunderbird/470526/1 "2008-11-01T02:15:38Z")
The ThunderBird 2 add-on [WebMail](http://webmail.mozdev.org/index.html) purports to be able to read webmail in Thunderbird. But from what I can tell, it only supports POP, SMTP, and IMAP protocols, which ThunderBird already does itself! I have several Yahoo email accounts, and I don’t want to pay to upgrade them to support POP access. Can anyone figure out if WebMail actually supports http WebMail after all, or is “WebMail” a misnomer? ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-setup-webmail-add-on-for-thunderbird/470526/2 "2008-11-01T10:45:22Z")
You need both the main Webmail add-on and a secondary Webmail add-on specific to the service you want - Yahoo in your case. I use it with Hotmail and it works fine. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-setup-webmail-add-on-for-thunderbird/470526/3 "2008-11-02T07:51:39Z")
> [@ticker](#): > > You need both the main Webmail add-on and a secondary Webmail add-on specific to the service you want - Yahoo in your case. I use it with Hotmail and it works fine. Thanks for your reply, I had already installed both the main add-on and the Yahoo-specific add-on, yet between them, they only support POP, SMTP, and IMAP protocols. My understanding (which may well be flawed) is that none of them are appropriate for a web-only email provider such as standard Yahoo mail (I realize that one can pay for the upgraded Yahoo Mail Plus that provides a POP3 interface, but that’s not what I want to do). Again, my problem is that I don’t understand how I can setup the WebMail/Yahoo combo to support an http-protocol provider such as standard Yahoo. It would help if you would be so kind as to report your settings that allow you to use web-only/http Hotmail. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-setup-webmail-add-on-for-thunderbird/470526/4 "2008-11-02T11:37:47Z")
I set up up Webmail for an old Yahoo account I had and it worked OK. This is most definitely NOT any sort of premium account. Let’s say I was setting it up for **[ticker@yahoo.com](mailto:ticker@yahoo.com)**: Go to the _properties_ for the account. On the first page make sure that _Email Address_ is set to _[ticker@yahoo.com](mailto:ticker@yahoo.com)_ On the _Server Settings_ page I used defaults for everything _ **except** user name_ where I had to fill in my full email address i.e._[ticker@yahoo.com](mailto:ticker@yahoo.com)_ Hope that helps some.