Setting up Email Account with Thunderbird
- Open the Thunderbird application.
- Go to Tools and click on Accounts Settings.
- In the Account Settings popup window, click on Add Account.
- When the Account Wizard window appears, select Email account.
- Click Next.
- Enter your name and email address in the input boxes. This does NOT have to be your username@yourdomain.com.
- Click Next.
- You can select either POP or IMAP - both are supported on our servers. If you plan on setting up your mail on many computers use IMAP.
- POP: Downloads emails to your local computer and removes the copy from the server.
- Good for preventing your inbox from becoming slow or full
- Allows you to view emails offline.
- Since the emails are downloaded and removed from the server, you cannot receive emails on other computers you may have.
- IMAP: Accesses emails only when you are viewing them, always keeping a copy on the server.
- Good for accessing emails from many computers (from the office to your home)
- Requires that you have an internet connection when viewing emails
- POP: Downloads emails to your local computer and removes the copy from the server.
- In the Incoming Server field, enter mail.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your actual domain)
- Click Next.
- Type in your username that is setup in your control panel using the following format: yourusername@yourdomain.com
- Click Next.
- Add your email account username that is setup in your control panel.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish to end the initial setup and incoming server settings.
- Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP) in Account Settings to begin the setup of the outgoing mail servers.
- Click Add.
- Now fill in the following in the popup:
- Description: Enter your email address
- Server Name: Type in your mail server (secure.lerrihost.net)
- Port: 465 for SSL
- Make sure the checkbox is checked for "User name and password"
- User Name: Type in your full email address. Again, make sure you have created this account in cpanel.
- Make sure that SSL/TLS, if available, is selected
- Click OK to finish.
For Thunderbird support, please visit https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/home