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For reading and writing emails, Tails includes <span
class="application">Icedove</span>.

[[!inline pages="doc/anonymous_internet/icedove/name.inline" raw="yes"]]

<div class="note">

[[!inline pages="doc/anonymous_internet/icedove/replacement.inline" raw="yes"]]

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To start <span class="application">Icedove</span> choose
<span class="menuchoice">
  <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
  <span class="guisubmenu">Internet</span>&nbsp;▸
  <span class="guimenuitem">Icedove</span></span>.

<div class="tip">

<p>You can activate the [[<strong>Icedove</strong> persistence
feature|doc/first_steps/persistence/configure#icedove]] to store your
emails and settings across separate working sessions.</p>

</div>

For more detailed documentation, refer to the [official
<span class="application">Thunderbird</span>
help](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird).

Configure an email account
==========================

[[!inline pages="doc/anonymous_internet/icedove/account_creation.inline" raw="yes"]]

OpenPGP encryption with Enigmail
================================

<span class="application">Icedove</span> in Tails includes the
<span class="application">[Enigmail](https://www.enigmail.net/)</span>
extension to encrypt and authenticate emails using OpenPGP.

To configure <span class="application">Enigmail</span> for your email account, you can start the
<span class="application">Enigmail Setup Wizard</span> by choosing
<span class="menuchoice">
  <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/open-menu.png alt="Menu" class=symbolic link=no]]</span>&nbsp;▸
  <span class="guisubmenu">Enigmail</span>&nbsp;▸
  <span class="guimenuitem">Setup Wizard</span></span>.

You can also create an OpenPGP key associated with your email address as
part of the <span class="application">Enigmail Setup Wizard</span>.

If you are new to OpenPGP, you can read the following guides on getting
started with encrypting emails using
<span class="application">Icedove</span> and
<span class="application">Enigmail</span>:

  - [Security-in-a-Box: Thunderbird & OpenPGP - secure email](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/thunderbird/windows)
  - [Enigmail: Enigmail Quick Start Guide](https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/quickstart.php)

Enhanced privacy with TorBirdy
==============================

<span class="application">Icedove</span> in Tails includes the
<span class="application">[TorBirdy](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy)</span>
extension for additional privacy and anonymity.

<div class="note">

<p>Sending emails in HTML format is disabled by <span class="application">TorBirdy</span>. Emails received in HTML format
are displayed in plain text and can become harder to read.</p>

</div>

To learn more about the security properties of <span class="application">TorBirdy</span>,
you can read its [design document](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/EMail/Thunderbird/Thunderbird%2BTor.pdf).
