Setting up Thunderbird Email Client

Thunderbird is a free email client that is available for both Windows and MAC machines.

 

This guide will provide a step by step instruction on how to setup thunderbird for your domain – e.g yourdomain.com.

 

Step by step guide

    1. Download and install Thunderbird from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
    2. Run Thunderbird
    3. Click on Tools > Account Settings
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    4. Click on Account Actions > Add Mail Account
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    5. Enter your email credentials
      Name: Your Name
      Email Address: Your email address e.g johndoe@yourdomain.com
      Password: The provided password for the email address
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    6. Click Continue
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    7. Now click on Manual Config
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    8. Now set the following settings
      Incoming:
      Type: IMAP
      Server hostname: mail.yourdomain.com
      Port: 143
      SSL: STARTTLS
      Authentication: Normal password

      Outgoing:
      Server hostname: mail.yourdomain.com
      Port: 587
      SSL: STARTTLS
      Authentication: Normal passwordUsername: your email address e.g johndoe@yourdomain.com
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    9. Click Done
    10. Ensure you see your email address listed on the left pane
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    11. Click OK
    12. Right click on the email and click Get Messages
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    13. You will now see the folders in the mailbox as well as any email residing in the mailbox