Access 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.

To set up Mozilla Thunderbird:

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.

2. Click Email under the Create a new account heading.

3. Click the Skip this and use my existing email button.

4. Specify the following:

   • Your name, as you want it to appear in any messages you send.

   • Your email address and password.

     

5. Click Continue.

6. If Thunderbird fails to find the settings automatically, click Manual config
   and specify the following:

   • Account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the
     server, select the IMAP option. If you do not want to keep any
     messages on the server, select the POP3 option. Selecting IMAP
     will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on email
     messages you receive, provided SpamAssassin is enabled on the
     server.

     

7. Click Done.

If you wish to set up a mail account manually, 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.

On Linux, SMTP, IMAP, POP3:

• SSL/TLS: STARTTLS
• Authentication: Encrypted password

On Windows, IMAP:

• SSL/TLS: None
• Authentication: Encrypted password

On Windows, SMTP, POP3:

• SSL/TLS: None
• Authentication: Normal password

Other parameters that you may need when configuring your account
manually:

• POP3 port: 110
• IMAP port: 143
• SMTP port: 25
• Username. Your full email address. For example:
  [email protected].
• Incoming server address (POP3/IMAP). Specify your website’s
  Internet address. Example: example.com
• Outgoing server address. Specify your website’s Internet address.
  Example: example.com