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====== Getting email from junk folder on Mozilla Thunderbird (POP3) ====== | ====== Getting email from junk folder on Mozilla Thunderbird (POP3) ====== | ||
As POP3 only download mails from the Inbox folder, you may miss some legitimate emails that have gone into the Junk folder. | As POP3 only download mails from the Inbox folder, you may miss some legitimate emails that have gone into the Junk folder. | ||
- | AfterOffice | + | Lookafter |
Please follow the below steps for setting up Junk folder for POP3 on Mozilla Thunderbird: | Please follow the below steps for setting up Junk folder for POP3 on Mozilla Thunderbird: | ||
- | 1. Open your Mozilla Thunderbird and go to **[Email]** under 'Set up an account' | + | 1. Open your Mozilla Thunderbird and click **Email**. |
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- | 2. Enter your email account details. Make sure to include **' | + | |
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- | Then, click on **[Manual config]**. | + | |
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- | 3. You may choose to use either None, STARTTLS or SSL/TLS Encryption by filling in either of the following details: | + | |
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- | === (i) None/ | + | |
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- | |Incoming: | + | |
- | |Server hostname|mail.yourdomain| | + | |
- | |Port|110| | + | |
- | |SSL|None or STARTTLS| | + | |
- | |Authentication|Normal password| | + | |
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- | |Outgoing: | + | |
- | |Server hostname|mail.yourdomain| | + | |
- | |Port|587| | + | |
- | |SSL|None or STARTTLS| | + | |
- | |Authentication|Normal password| | + | |
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- | === (ii) SSL/TLS Encryption === | + | |
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- | {{: | + | |
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- | |Incoming: | + | |
- | |Server hostname|mail.yourdomain| | + | |
- | |Port|995| | + | |
- | |SSL|SSL/ | + | |
- | |Authentication|Normal password| | + | |
- | |Outgoing:|SMTP| | + | {{:faq: |
- | |Server hostname|mail.yourdomain| | + | |
- | |Port|465| | + | |
- | |SSL|SSL/ | + | |
- | |Authentication|Normal password| | + | |
- | Then, you may click on the **[Done]** button. | + | 2. Enter your email account details. Make sure to include |
- | 4. Now, you can see your email account on the top of the screen. Next, click on your email account and select **[View settings for this account]**. | + | {{:faq:email: |
- | {{ : | + | Remember to tick the " |
- | 5. Select | + | 3. Fill in your POP3 account setting details. Make sure to include ‘-Junk’ after your name in the email address. For example: |
- | Here, you can set how many minutes your server | + | **INCOMING SERVER:** |
+ | ^Protocol: | ||
+ | ^Hostname: | ||
+ | ^Port: | ||
+ | ^Connection security: | ||
+ | ^Authentication method: | ||
+ | ^Username: | ||
- | Besides, you also can choose how many days your messages will leave on the server, or you want your message to stay on the server until you delete them. | + | **OUTGOING SERVER:** |
+ | ^Hostname: | ||
+ | ^Port: | ||
+ | ^Connection security: | ||
+ | ^Authentication method: | ||
+ | ^Username: | ||
- | Then, click on **[OK]**. | + | {{: |
- | {{ : | + | Then, click **Done**. |
- | 6. Finally, your Inbox in Mozilla Thunderbird will contains all of the email sent to your Junk mailbox. | + | 4. Once the profile is created, click **Finish**. |
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- | Note that Junk mailbox name are case sensitive, and it is the only one special mailbox available under POP3 access. | + | 5. The emails from your Junk folder will be downloaded to the Inbox folder of your -Junk profile. |
- | Use IMAP instead of POP3 if you wish to access multiple mailboxes with mail client. | + | {{: |