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faq:email:mail_setup_mozilla_thunderbird_secure_pop [2019/08/13 11:21] – [Verifying Setup] vikkifaq:email:mail_setup_mozilla_thunderbird_secure_pop [2022/03/01 17:56] (current) – removed vikki
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-====== Email Setup Guide: Mozilla Thunderbird (Secure POP) ====== 
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-==== Setting Up New Email Account ==== 
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-1. On Thunderbird, click on **[Email]** below "Setup an account:" 
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-2. On the "Set Up an Existing Email Account" pop-up box, enter your Name, Email address (e.g. name@yourdomain.com) and Password into the given fields and click **[Continue]**. 
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-3.Thunderbird will automatically configure your mail settings. Once it finished loading, select “POP3 (keep mail on your computer)” option is selected, and click **[Done]** to create the Thunderbird account. 
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-4. You will see this security warning. Make sure that the "Permanently store this exception" checkbox is selected, and click [Confirm Security Exception] to accept our server certificate. 
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-//*Note:// For more information about the certificate warning, please refer to [[faq:email:secure_imap_pop3_smtp_faq|Secure IMAP/POP3 and SMTP FAQ]]. 
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-5. Once the Thunderbird email account is successfully created, you will see it appear in the left pane, where you can expand it to view your mail folders. 
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-==== Verifying Setup ==== 
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-To check if your POP3 account is set up correctly on Thunderbird: 
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-1. Click on your email address from the left pane, and then click on [View settings for this account]. 
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-2. Then, on the “Account Settings” pop-up box, click to focus on your email address. 
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-3. To check your outgoing server details, click on the [Edit SMTP server…] button. 
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-4. The "SMTP Server" pop-up box will be displayed. Here, you will see your outgoing server details: 
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-| Server Name           | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **smtp.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | 
-| Port                  | **587**      | 
-| Connection security   | **STARTTLS** | 
-| Authentication method | **Encrypted password** | 
-| User Name             | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) | 
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-5. Next, to check on the incoming mail settings, click on the expand icon near your email address on the left pane, and select **Server Settings**. You will see the following details: 
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-| Server Name           | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **poop3.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | 
-| User Name             | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) | 
-| Port                  | **110**                     | 
-| Connection Security   | **STARTTLS **               | 
-| Authentication method | **Normal password**         | 
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-*Note: If SSL/TLS is the chosen incoming mail settings on your Thunderbird, then the Port will be 995, and Connection Security will be SSL/TLS. 
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faq/email/mail_setup_mozilla_thunderbird_secure_pop.1565666513.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/08/13 11:21 by vikki