In the Account Settings dialog, in the left pane, select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the bottom of the list. Therefore, SMTP servers are created separately from email accounts. Multiple email accounts can use the same outgoing SMTP server. (Alternatively, you can allow the lookup to gather default account details and then manually change the settings later.) If not, press the Stop button to abort the lookup, then edit the server names, ports and IMAP/POP and click Re-test again. Click Re-test to test your manual settings there should be a quick response indicating the settings are valid.

Then press Manual Configuration and edit the server names, ports and IMAP/POP to manually set up the the account. Thunderbird will try to determine your account settings based on the domain portion of your email address (that is, the portion after the symbol). These accounts correspond to the top-level folders displayed in the 'All Folders' list.Īt the bottom of the left pane, click the Account Actions button and select Add Mail Account….Įnter your email account details and press Continue. Each email or newsgroup account that has already been configured is listed on the left side of the Account Settings dialog.

security setting for the connection with the server (for example, 'STARTTLS' or 'SSL/TLS' and whether or not to use secure authentication)įirst, open the Account Settings: In the Thunderbird menu bar, click the Tools Edit menu and select Account Settings, or click the Application menu button and select Options Preferences and Account Settings from the sub-menu.

outgoing mail server and port (for example, '' and port 25).

incoming mail server and port (for example, '' and port 110 or '' and port 143).

To manually configure an account, you will need to have the following details which can be supplied by your email provider. If an account that you created automatically was assigned to an IMAP rather than POP server, see the FAQ Changing IMAP to POP article. This page will show you the basic settings you need to send and receive emails. (See Automatic Account Configuration for more information.) However, you will need to manually configure your account if your email provider is not listed in Thunderbird's automatic configuration database, or if you have a non-standard email configuration. When you are configuring an email account, Thunderbird will often be able to do most of the configuration automatically.

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