How to configure an email account in Mozilla Thunderbird
Email > Email program configuration
Follow the steps below to set up Thunderbird to retrieve email from our mail server. Replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name.
1. From the top menu, click on "Menu," select "New Account," and then "Existing Email." This action will bring up the "Account Setup" wizard.
2. Fill in Your full Name, Email address, Password, and then click "Configure manually".
3. Manual configuration
Incoming Server
Protocol: IMAP
Hostname: mail.yourdomain.com
Port: 143
Connection security: None
Authentication method: Autodetect or Encrypted password
Username: your email address, e.g. [email protected]
Outgoing server
Hostname: mail.yourdomain.com
Port: 25, alternative port number is 8889
Connection security: None
Authentication method: Autodetect or Encrypted password
Username: your email address, e.g. [email protected]
Then click "Done". If the "Done" button is not clickable, click "Re-test" to try again.
4. Ignore the encryption warning by ticking "I understand the risks," and then click "Confirm."
5. Account successfully created.
To use the encrypted connection, please follow these steps: How to configure an email account in Thunderbird via SSL/TLS?