How to set up Thunderbird

This tutorial will help you set up the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client to work with your e-mail account. To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird In Mozilla Thunderbird, select Tools > Account Settings. Select "Email account " and click Next. Enter your name and e-mail address. Select "POP" as the type of incoming server you are using. Your incoming server is pop.secureserver.net. Click Next. Enter your e-mail address for the "Incoming User Name," and "Outgoing User Name." Click Next. Enter a name for your e-mail account and click Next. Verify your account information and click Finish. In the Account Settings window, select "Outgoing Server" listed below your new account. Enter "mail.yourdomainname.com" for the "Server Name" and change the "Port" setting to 28. (replace mail.yourdomain.com with Your domain e.g. if your domain is bobsite.com then it should be mail.bobsite.com) Select "Use name and password" and enter your e-mail address. Thunderbird will ask you for your password the first time you try to send mail. Click OK. Click here to view, download or print a PDF version of this article. This link will open in a new window. When you are done saving or printing the article, close that window to be returned to this one. To save the PDF to your computer - right click on the link and in FireFox select "Save link as.." in Internet Explorer select "Save Target As...". To print the PDF click the link and when the new page opens click file then print in the menu options at the top of your browser window.