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1. On Thunderbird, | 1. On Thunderbird, | ||
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2. On the "Set Up an Existing Email Account" | 2. On the "Set Up an Existing Email Account" | ||
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3.Thunderbird will automatically configure your mail settings. Once it finished loading, select “POP3 (keep mail on your computer)” option is selected, and click **[Done]** to create the Thunderbird account. | 3.Thunderbird will automatically configure your mail settings. Once it finished loading, select “POP3 (keep mail on your computer)” 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 " | 4. You will see this security warning. Make sure that the " | ||
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//*Note:// For more information about the certificate warning, please refer to [[faq: | //*Note:// For more information about the certificate warning, please refer to [[faq: | ||
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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. | 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 ==== | ==== Verifying Setup ==== | ||
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+ | To check if your POP3 account is set up correctly on Thunderbird: | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 3. To check your outgoing server details, click on the [Edit SMTP server…] button. | ||
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+ | 4. The "SMTP Server" | ||
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+ | | Server Name | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **smtp.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | | ||
+ | | Port | **587** | ||
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+ | | 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: | ||
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+ | | Server Name | **mail.yourdomain.com** OR \\ **poop3.yourdomain.com** \\ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain) | | ||
+ | | User Name | (your full email address, e.g. name@yourdomain.com) | | ||
+ | | Port | **110** | ||
+ | | Connection Security | ||
+ | | Authentication method | **Normal password** | ||
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+ | *Note: If SSL/TLS is the chosen incoming mail settings on your Thunderbird, | ||
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