[Windflier]

Thunderbird is an email program just like Eudora or Pegasus. You tell it where your email provider is located (eg, https://login.yahoo.com/), the account info & password, and then TB will retrieve your mail.

Then nothing's changed in the basic way Thunderbird functions since I last used it.

If I have to create a Yahoo email account, just so I can point it to a different email program, I may as well just use Yahoo for email. I don't see the point in using Thunderbird under that circumstance.

I liked using the program when I didn't use Yahoo, et al for email. Then, I simply pointed Thunderbird to my ISP and created my own email address@myisp.com

Thanks.

[oh8eleven]

If I have to create a Yahoo email account, just so I can point it to a different email program, I may as well just use Yahoo for email.
Yes, you're probably right - it's a personal choice.
I use T/W Roadrunner for email ... five accounts. I also have an email address in conjunction with my website host, plus a Yahoo email account.
I access all seven accounts via Thunderbird.