====== Email Setup Guide: Mozilla Thunderbird (Secure IMAP) ======

==== Setting Up New Email Account ====

1. On Thunderbird, click on **[Email]** below "Setup an account:". 

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2. On the "Set Up an Existing Email Account" pop-up box, enter your Name, Email address (e.g. name@yourdomain.com) and Password into the given fields and click **[Continue]**.

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3. Thunderbird will automatically configure your mail settings. Once the configuration is done, make sure that “IMAP (remote folders)” option is selected, and click **[Done]** to create the Thunderbird account.

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4, You will see this security warning. Make sure that the "Permanently store this exception" checkbox is selected, and click [Confirm Security Exception] to accept our server certificate.

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//*Note:// For more information about the certificate warning, please refer to [[faq:email:secure_imap_pop3_smtp_faq|Secure IMAP/POP3 and SMTP FAQ]].

5. Once the Thunderbird email account is successfully created, you will see it appear in the left pane, where you can expand it to view your mail folders.

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==== Verifying Setup ====

To check if your IMAP account is set up correctly on Thunderbird: 

1. Click on your email address from the left pane, and then click on **[View settings for this account]**.

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2. Then, on the “Account Settings” pop-up box, click to focus on your email address.

3. To check your outgoing server details, click on the **[Edit SMTP server...]** button.

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4. The "SMTP Server" pop-up box will be displayed. Here, you will see your outgoing server details:

| Server Name           | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **smtp.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) |
| Port                  | **587**      |
| Connection security   | **STARTTLS** |
| Authentication method | **Encrypted password** |
| User Name             | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) |

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5. Next, to check on the incoming mail settings, click on the expand icon near your email address on the left pane, and select **Server Settings**. You will see the following details:

| Server Name           | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **imap.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) |
| User Name             | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) |
| Port                  | **143**                     |
| Connection Security   | **STARTTLS **               |
| Authentication method | **Normal password**         |

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*Note: If SSL/TLS is the chosen incoming mail settings on your Thunderbird, then the Port will be 993, and Connection Security will be SSL/TLS.