Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Setup

If you have an email account, you can configure a local email client such as Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird so that you can download your emails from the mail server onto your own computer.

The following guide is for Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8, but the general procedure is mostly the same for all email clients. Please refer to the user guide for your email client for specific instructions, or use the link at the bottom of this page to download the latest verion of Thunderbird.

Step 1: When you launch Mozilla Thunderbird for the very first time you will be presented with the option of importing the settings from an existing client. Select your preferred option and then click Next >.

Import Settings

Step 2: To create a new mail account, select the 'Email Account' option and then click Next >.

New Account

Step 3: Type your full name in the 'Your Name' text box. Type your email address into the 'Email Address' text box in the form:

The email address must all be in lowercase. The hostname.co.uk is your unique domain name, e.g. microsoft.com or amazon.co.uk. Please contact Elysian Labs for you username. The username should be between 3 and 16 characters. This includes Alpha-numeric characters and also the Hyphen character, e.g. letters from a to z, numbers from 0 to 9 and the "-" and . characters. Click Next > to continue.

Identity

Step 4: Select 'POP' as the incoming server.
In the 'Incoming Server' text box type mail.hostname.co.uk
In the 'Outgoing Server' text box type mail.hostname.co.uk
where hostname.co.uk is your domain name. Click Next > to continue.

Server Information

Step 5: Type your user name, as established in Step 3, into the 'Incoming User Name' text box. Click Next > to continue.

User Names

Step 6: The Account name is how you want your email account to be displayed in Thunderbird. Accept the default suggestion and click Next > to continue.

Account Name

Step 7: Verify that all details are correct and then click Finish to complete configuration of the Thunderbird email client.

Congratulations

Step 8: You might be given the option of using Mozilla Thunderbird as your default email application. Make your selection to continue.

Default Application

Step 9: You will now be presented with the main Mozilla Thunderbird window. Use the buttons along the top to get new mail, write a new email and manage your address book. If you need to setup another email account or make changes to the existing account, go to Step 10.

Mozilla Thunderbird

Step 10: To add a new email account or modify the existing account, click on Tools and choose Account Settings...

Tools..Account Settings

Step 11: To setup a new email account, click the 'Add Account' button and follow the procedure from Step 2 onwards.

Server Settings

Step 12: If you have problems sending emails, select the 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' option. Make sure the 'Use name and password' option is ticked and select 'No' for 'Use Secure Connection'.

Outgoing Server

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