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- | ==== Setting Up New Email Account | + | ====== Email Setup Guide: Mozilla Thunderbird (IMAP) ====== |
- | 1. On Thunderbird, click on **[Email]** below "Setup an account:" | + | 1. Open Mozilla |
- | 2. On the "Set Up an Existing Email Account" | + | |{{: |
- | 3. Thunderbird | + | 2. A new tab with the title "Set Up Your Existing Email Address" |
- | 4, You will see this security warning. Click [Confirm Security Exception] to accept our server certificate. | + | |{{: |
- | // | + | 3. For Incoming Server settings, please |
- | 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. | + | ^Protocol: |
+ | ^Hostname: | ||
+ | ^Port: | ||
+ | ^Connection security: | ||
+ | ^Authentication method: | ||
+ | ^Username: | ||
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+ | 4. Next, for Outgoing Server settings, please enter the following: | ||
- | ==== Verifying Setup ==== | + | ^Hostname: |
+ | ^Port: | ||
+ | ^Connection security: | ||
+ | ^Authentication method: | ||
+ | ^Username: | ||
- | To check if your account is set up correctly on Thunderbird: | + | |{{:faq: |
- | 1. Click on your email address from the left pane, and then click on **[View settings for this account]**. | + | Then, click **Done**. |
- | 2. Then, on the “Account Settings” pop-up box, click to focus on your email address. | + | 5. Your account has been successfully added. Click **Finish** |
- | 3. To check your outgoing server details, click on the **[Edit SMTP server...]** button. | + | |{{: |
- | 4. The "SMTP Server" | + | 6. You can now access |
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- | | Server Name | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **smtp.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | | + | |
- | | Port | **587** | + | |
- | | Connection security | + | |
- | | 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 \\ **imap.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | | + | |
- | | User Name | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) | | + | |
- | | Port | **143** | + | |
- | | Connection Security | + | |
- | | Authentication method | Normal password | + | |
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- | *Note: If SSL/TLS is the chosen incoming mail settings | + | |
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