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====== Email Setup Guide for Mozilla Thunderbird (IMAP) ====== | |
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Launch Mozilla Thunderbird and follow the steps below to setup your email with IMAP. | |
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**Example:**\\ | |
Name: Demo\\ | |
Email Address: demo@lookafter.com\\ | |
Type: IMAP\\ | |
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Steps:\\ | |
- Go to [Tools]-> [Account Settings] and select [Add Mail Account...] under [Account Actions],\\ OR directly select **[Email]** on "Create a new account".\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb1_imap.png|}} | |
- If there is a "Welcome to Thunderbird" message box popped up, select [Skip this and use my existing email]. Otherwise, skip to next step.\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb2_imap.png|}} | |
- Enter you **name** on [Your name:], your **email address** on [Email address:], and **password** on [Password:]. Make sure that the [Remember password] option is selected.\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb3_imap.png|}} | |
- Click [Continue]. | |
- Thunderbird will try to connect your mail server automatically. Click [Manual config] immediately.\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb4_imap.png|}} | |
- On "Incoming", select [IMAP], and key in your mail server **mail.yourdomain.com** on [Server hostname].\\ Choose **143** for [Port].\\ Select **None** for [SSL] and **Normal password** for [Authentication].\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb5_imap.png|}} | |
- On "Outgoing", key in your mail server **mail.yourdomain.com** on [Server hostname].\\ Choose **587** for [Port].\\ Select **None** for [SSL] and **Normal password** for [Authentication]. | |
- On "Username", key in your full email address **username@yourdomain.com** on both incoming and outgoing fields. | |
- Click [Done]. | |
- If there is warning message popped up, check [I understand the risks.] and click [Done] to finish your setup.\\ {{:faq:email:thunderbird:thunderb6_imap.png|}} | |
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You can now access your emails using Mozilla Thunderbird. | |
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faq/email/mail_setup_thunderbird_imap.1438662990.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/08/04 12:36 by vikki