{"id":2086,"date":"2015-05-07T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:40:42","slug":"how-to-setup-email-using-mozilla-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/how-to-setup-email-using-mozilla-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Setup Email using Mozilla Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-access-email-from-mozilla-thunderbird\">Access Email from Mozilla Thunderbird<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The instructions provided in this section were verified against Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0. They might not work with earlier or later versions of Mozilla Thunderbird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To set up Mozilla Thunderbird:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Mozilla Thunderbird.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong class=\"specialbold\">Email<\/strong> under the <strong class=\"specialbold\">Create a new account<\/strong> heading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong class=\"specialbold\">Skip this and use my existing email<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specify the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your name, as you want it to appear in any messages you send.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your email address and password.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong class=\"specialbold\">Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Thunderbird fails to find the settings automatically, specify the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select the <strong class=\"specialbold\">IMAP<\/strong> option. If you do not want to keep any messages on the server, select the <strong class=\"specialbold\">POP3<\/strong> option. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on email messages you receive, if SpamAssassin is enabled on the server.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong class=\"specialbold\">Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you set up a mail account manually, please use the following typical combinations of connection security and authentication method settings. If the settings do not work for you, ask your hosting provider about the correct combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Linux, SMTP, IMAP, POP3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">SSL<\/strong>: STARTTLS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Authentication<\/strong>: Encrypted password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On Windows, IMAP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">SSL<\/strong>: None<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Authentication<\/strong>: Normal password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On Windows, SMTP, POP3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">SSL<\/strong>: None<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Authentication<\/strong>: Normal password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other parameters that you may need when configuring your account manually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>POP3 port: 110<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IMAP port: 143<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SMTP port:&nbsp;587<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Username<\/strong>. Your full email address. For example: <em class=\"emphasis\">johndoe@example.com<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Incoming server address<\/strong> (POP3\/IMAP). Specify your website&#8217;s Internet address. Example: <em class=\"emphasis\">example.com<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"specialbold\">Outgoing server address<\/strong>. Specify your website&#8217;s Internet address. Example: <em class=\"emphasis\">example.com<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access Email from Mozilla Thunderbird The instructions provided in this section were verified against Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0. They might not work with earlier or later versions of Mozilla Thunderbird. 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