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Setup e-mail on Mozilla Thunderbird

You can ask your sysadmin to setup setup Autoconfig in your DNS DNS to make the process of setting up Thunderbird much easier.

Step 1

To open the setup window for a new email account, you have multiple options:

  • Click on on Tools  ->  Account Settings  ->  Account Actions  ->  Add Mail Account.
  • If your menus on the top are hidden, click on the the ALT  key to show them, or access access Account Settings  by clicking on the radiator icon, on the top right of the interface, then then Options  ->  Account Setting  ->  Account Actions  ->  Add Mail Account.
  • Click the the menu icon → New → Existing Mail Account.

The The Set Up Your Existing Email Address window will show.

  

Step 2

Enter the user's display name, full e-mail address and password:

Thunderbird email config - 1.PNG

  

Step 3

Click on on Continue. Thunderbird will automatically find the proper server names if you have set the Autoconfig record in your DNS.

Thunderbird email config - with autoconfig.PNG

  

If Thunderbird doesn't automatically find the server names, please use the details from the the Server & Ports page.

Thunderbird email config - 3 - after Re-test.PNG

  

Step 4

Click on on Done Done to finish the account setup. Wait for Thunderbird to synchronize the data.

Note that Thunderbird will automatically setup the account as IMAP. If you want to set up the account as POP, you have to setup the account manually. IMAP is recommended, as it´s a protocol made to support several devices accessing one same account, with all folders synced at our server, which also guarantees that our backups will be executed.


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