Configuring Thunderbird

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In our examples we consider the following information:

  • Account name: test
  • Mailbox: test@alwaysdata.net

They must be replaced by your personal login information:

ServerServiceInformation
IncomingIMAPHostnameimap-[account].alwaysdata.net
Port993
Connection securityWill be automatically set up
Authentication methodNormal password
UsernameYour email address - for example contact@example.com
PasswordThe password of your email address
POP3Hostpop-[account].alwaysdata.net
Port995
Connection securityWill be automatically set up
Authentication methodNormal password
UsernameYour email address - for example contact@example.com
PasswordThe password of your email address
OutgoingSMTPHostsmtp-[account].alwaysdata.net
Port587
Connection securityWill be automatically set up
Authentication methodNormal password
UsernameYour email address - for example contact@example.com
PasswordThe password of your email address

[account] must be replaced by the name of your account and contact@example.com by your email address. They are defined in the Emails > Addresses menu of our administration interface.

Go to Settings > Configure an account: E-mail.

Thunderbird: create an account
Thunderbird: create an account

To change it once created, go to Accounts > See settings for this account or go to the Edit > Account settings menu bar:

  • For incoming mail, go to Server settings.

    Thunderbird: incoming server settings
    Thunderbird: incoming server settings

  • For outgoing mail, go to outgoing SMTP server.

    Thunderbird: outgoing server settings
    Thunderbird: outgoing server settings