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faq:email:mail_setup_mozilla_thunderbird_secure_pop [2019/08/09 17:30]
vikki [Setting Up New Email Account]
faq:email:mail_setup_mozilla_thunderbird_secure_pop [2019/08/13 11:34] (current)
vikki [Verifying Setup]
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 ==== Verifying Setup ==== ==== Verifying Setup ====
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 +To check if your POP3 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].
 +
 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:verify:1.png|}}
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 +2. Then, on the “Account Settings” pop-up box, click to focus on your email address.
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 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:verify:2.png|}}
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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" pop-up box will be displayed. Here, you will see your outgoing server details:
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 +| 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) |
 +
 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:verify:4.png|}}
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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   | **STARTTLS **               |
 +| Authentication method | **Normal password**         |
 +
 +
 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:verify:5.png|}}
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 +*Note: If SSL/TLS is the chosen incoming mail settings on your Thunderbird, then the Port will be 995, and Connection Security will be SSL/TLS.
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Configuring How Much Days Emails are Kept on Server ====
 +
 +Mozilla Thunderbird POP3 downloads email from a server to in your PC, and then deletes it from the server. You can configure how long the emails can be stored on the server before removing them. The default no. of days set on Mozilla Thunderbird is 14 days.
 +
 +To configure this setting:
 +
 +1.  Click on your email address from the left pane, and then click on [View settings for this account].
 +
 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:verify:1.png|}}
 +
 +2. Then, on the “Account Settings” pop-up box, click on the **Server Settings** of your email account.
 +
 +{{:faq:email:mail-setup:thunderbird-secure-pop:keep-mail-setting:2.png|}}
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 +3.  Under “Server Settings”, you will see the “Leave messages on server” option being selected. You can change the no. of days at the “For at most” option. E.g. if you put 30 days, it means the email will be kept in the server for at most 30 days after it is downloaded.
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 +Click **[OK]** once you have made the changes.
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