Setup Email in Thunderbird

Note: If configuring manually, the Incoming Mail Server should be set to port 110 and the Outgoing Mail Server should be set to port 587.

  1. Open Thunderbird and select the Tools menu. Click the Account Settings tab.
  2. From the new window press the Add Account button, then E-mail account and click Next.
  3. Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field for all outgoing messages and the email address which the others will use to send email messages to you. Click Next.
  4. Set the incoming server to be of type POP3. The address is your domain name.
  5. Click Next and type in the username. Please use the full e-mail account name. Example: you@yourdomainname.com instead of you.
  6. After clicking the Next button, type in the name of the e-mail account as it will appear on your PC. Click Next, and then the Finish button.
  7. Click the Outgoing Server(SMTP) in the left pane. Use yourdomainname.com as Server name. Set the port to be 587.
    Then, check the username and the password and enter the full e-mail address as username.
  8. Click OK and you are done!