Email » Setting Up
Email Accounts In ThunderBird (3.1.6)
Step 1
Load ThunderBird and click on 'Tools' and then 'Account Settings...'
Step 2
On the Account Settings window, click 'Account Actions', then 'Add Mail Account'.
Step 3
In 'Your Name' enter your name or company name. The email address is the email account that you are setting up, this can be found in our email. When finished, click 'Continue'.
Step 4
ThunderBird will automatically try to detect your settings, press 'Stop'. Then press 'edit'.
Step 5
Enter your User name, which is specified in our email. The incoming and outgoing server is mail.YOURDOMAINNAME. The server type is 'POP'
Click 'Manual Setup' when finished.
This is an example of how the details may look (DO NOT COPY THESE DETAILS)
Step 6
In the 'Server Settings' section ensure that the server name and username that you entered are correct. The port should be set to default (110)
Step 7
To set up the outgoing server, select 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' from the left hand menu, and then 'edit'
Step 8
In the description field, type a 'description' of what the outgoing server is or is used for; for example, your domain name. The 'Server Name' is mail.YOURDOMAINNAME. The 'User Name' is specified in our email as your email address.
Step 9
Click the 'OK' button and the outgoing server is now set up.
Step 10
This screen is the main window for ThunderBird. To test your email account, you need to press the 'Get Mail' button.
Step 11
Enter the password for your email account. This is specified in our email.
Tags: emails, setting up emails, thunderbird
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Author: SiteWizard Support
Revision: 1.5
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