Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird for Domain E-mail

Configuring Your Incoming Mail Server Settings:

Step 1: Start the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client application.

Step 2: On the main menu bar click "Tools" and select "Account Settings..." to bring up the "Account Settings" window.

Step 3: In the "Account Settings" window, click "Add Account..." to bring up the "Account Wizard" window.



Step 4: In the "Account Wizard" window, select "Email accout" as the account type to setup. Then click the "Next" button.



Step 5: Next, fill in the "Your Name:" field with the title you would like displayed with the e-mail (such as your full name, or business/organization name) and fill in the "Email Address" field with your domain e-mail address you wish to configure. Then click the "Next" button.



Step 6: Next, select "POP" as the incoming server you are using, fill in the "Incoming Server:" field with "mail.mydomain.com" where "mydomain.com" is replaced with your domain name you are using with this domain e-mail account. Also, uncheck the "Use Global Inbox (store mail in Local Folders)" check box so that mail for this account is delivered into it's own Inbox. Then click the "Next" button.



Step 7: Next, fill in the "Incoming Use Name:" field with your POP user account. In this case, your POP user account is the same as your e-mail address. Then click the "Next" button.



Step 8: Next, fill in the "Account Name:" field with your domain e-mail address. Then click the "Next" button.



Step 9: Finally, verify the information listed is correct, click the "Finished" button, and proceed to the instructions (below) for configuring your outgoing mail server.




Configuring Your Outgoing Mail Server Settings:

Step 1: On the main menu bar click "Tools" and select "Account Settings..." to bring up the "Account Settings" window.

Step 2: On the left hand side of the "Account Settings" window, click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" to bring up the "Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings" options.

Step 3: In the "Outoging Server (SMTP) Settings" options area, fill in the "Server Name:" field with "mail.mydomain.com" where "mydomain.com" is replaced with your domain name you are using with this domain e-mail account. Next check/enable the checkbox "Use name and password" and put the domain
e-mail address into the "User Name:" field. Make sure the "Port:" field is set to 25 and "Use secured connection:" is set to "No". Finally click the "OK" button to save and put the changes into effect.