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Creating an IMAP Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird

Last modified: October 8, 2022
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Creating an IMAP Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird

  1. First step, Open your Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. Then, Go to Tools and Account Settings.
  3. After that, Click “Create a new account”.  
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4. And, Choose “Skip this and use my existing email”.

5. Enter Your Name, complete your Email Address and password and click “Continue”.

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  1. After that, At the Mail account setup configures screen, choose Manual config.
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 7. And, Select the type of incoming server:  IMAP.

8. Enter the name of your incoming and outgoing mail server: mail. (enter your domain name) with Port number 143.

9. Fill the Username with full email such as [email protected]

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  1. After that, Click on “Re-test” the configuration and Click “Done”.
  2. Go to your main menu of Thunderbird and go to Outgoing Server and verify your Outgoing SMTP server.
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  1. Check the box “Use name and password” and assign the user name to your email account and select “No” to use a secure connection.
  2. By clicking on the “Get Mail” button at the top left, you will continue using Thunderbird.

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