Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac. Use the Mail app to send, receive, and manage email for all of your email accounts in one location. Simply add the accounts—such as iCloud, Exchange, Google, school, work, or other—you want to use in Mail. May 16, 2019 Set your default email account on Mac. Open the Mail app on your Mac and then follow these steps to set your default account. 1) Click Mail Preferences from the menu bar. 2) Select the Composing tab. 3) In the drop-down box next to Send new messages from, choose the email account you would like as your default.If you leave it as Automatically select best account, Mail will pick the. May 15, 2019 Now that you’ve setup iCloud email on your Mac, you’ve got yourself a free email accessible from anywhere through icloud.com or email apps that make emailing a breeze. However, sometimes iCloud and the default Mac Mail app might seem to be lacking in power. That’s when you should switch to more professional counterparts. Dec 21, 2018 Microsoft has its Mail app set as the default email client for Windows 10. Usually, if you install Outlook or another email client, you don’t have a problem with it popping up.
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- Choose System Preferences from the Apple () menu.
- Click General.
- Choose your web browser from the ”Default web browser” pop-up menu.
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Change your default email app
- Open Mail.
- Choose Preferences from the Mail menu, then click General. Or, if you're prompted to set up an email account, add your account, then choose Preferences from the Mail menu.*
- Choose your email app from the ”Default email reader” pop-up menu.
* You can also set your default email app in the preferences of your third-party email app.
If Thunderbird is specified as your system's default email application, it will integrate with other applications (such as word processors and web browsers). For example, when you click an email address link (like '[email protected]') on a web page or invoke a mail function (such as 'Send to') from a word processor, Thunderbird will launch and open a message composition window.
Unfortunately, there is a great deal of variability among operating systems and applications regarding how the default mail client is specified. If the suggestions on this page do not solve your problem, consult the specific application or operating system's documentation for instructions on how to set the default email client. Also, see the Default mail client article on the MozillaZine website for more tips.
Thunderbird can be configured to check if it is the operating system's default mail client each time it is started.
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- At the top of the Thunderbird window, click the Tools menu and select OptionsIn the menu bar, click the Thunderbird menu and select PreferencesAt the top of the Thunderbird window, click the Edit menu and select Preferences, or click the menu button and choose OptionsPreferences.
- On the Advanced panel, select the General tab.
- Make sure that 'Always check to see if Thunderbird is the default mail client on startup' is checked.
- Click to check if Thunderbird is set as the default mail client immediately.
- If you want to set Thunderbird as the default client for e-mail, newsgroups or feeds, check the corresponding boxes and click OK. When a box is grayed out, Thunderbird is already set as the default client for that purpose.
- If you set Thunderbird to be the default mail client, other applications (such as your web browser or word processing application) may need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.
- Click the Windows Start button, then click on the Control Panel icon to open the Windows Control Panel.
- Click the Add or Remove Programs icon to open the Add or Remove Programs applet.
- On the left side of the Window click the Set Program Access and Defaults icon.
- In the Access and Defaults window, click on the Custom radio button to expand the Custom category.
- Underneath Choose a default e-mail program, select Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Click at the bottom of the window.
- Click the Windows Start button, then click the Default Programs item.
- Click on Set your default programs.
- Under Programs, click Thunderbird.
- Click Set this program as default.
- Click at the bottom of the window.
- Open the PC Settings application by pressing and releasing the Windows Start button, then clicking the gear icon.
- Select Search and apps from the sidebar.
- Select Defaults from the sidebar.
- Click the icon under the heading Email to show your choices.
- Select Thunderbird.
- Open the Settings application by pressing and releasing the Windows Start button, then clicking the gear icon.
- Click the Apps icon, then click Default Apps in the list.
- Click the icon under the heading Email to show your choices.
- Select Thunderbird.
Set Outlook Default Mail Mac
The instructions above for making Thunderbird check if it is the default email client should have configured the operating system preference. However, if it isn't working, you can set it manually as follows:
Change Default Mail App To Outlook Mac
- Launch the default Mac OS X email application (called 'Mail', located in the /Applications folder.)
- Select Mail > Preferences from the menu.
- On the General tab, select 'Thunderbird' from the Default email reader drop-down list.
- Close Mail.
Setup Default Mail App Mac Desktop
Using Gnome as an example, go to Applications > Desktop Preferences > Advanced > Preferred Applications. Select and enter
thunderbird %s
(If Thunderbird is not in the system's PATH statement, specify the full path.)Change Default Mail App Mac
In some cases (such as Firefox on KDE Linux), the application doesn't check the operating system preferences to determine the default email application. When that is the case, you must set the default in the application itself. Refer to the application documentation for instructions.