Editing existing e-mail accounts:

To edit e-mail accounts in Thunderbird, follow these steps:

On the Toolbar, click Tools and select Account Settings from the menu.

The Account Settings window opens.

Highlight the name of the account.  In this example, I highlighted 'Work'.

To the right you'll see five fields.  We're concerned only about three of them:  Account Name, Your Name, and Email Address.

Account Name  =  Enter a name for the account.  It can be anything you wish.  Make it distinctive to help distinguish it from any other accounts you may create.
Your Name  =  Enter your name.
Email Address  =  Enter the e-mail address of the account.

In the left column, highlight Server Settings.

Server Settings:

Server Type  =  This should be a POP Mail Server.
Server Name  =  The Incoming (POP3) mail server usually follows this format:  mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @). Port  =  This should be the default setting:  110.

Important:  Do not enable "Use secure connection (SSL)"; however, if you're having trouble authenticating to the server to get your e-mail, check the box labeled "Use secure authentication".

Note:  If you have trouble authenticating when you try to get your mail, enable the option Use secure authentication.  We normally don't require this, but at times it does make Thunderbird work on our servers.

Enabling SMTP Authentication:

In the left-hand column, highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP).

Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings:

SMTP authentication is required to send e-mail and without this enabled, you cannot send e-mail.  SMTP authentication helps deter would-be spammers from spamming you.  SMTP authentication is as simple as entering a username and a password.  Do the following:

To the right, highlight the account you'd like to edit and click the Edit button.

SMTP Server:

Server Name =  The Outgoing (SMTP) mail server usually follows this format: mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.
Port  =  The default port number is perfect:  25.

Check the box Use name and password.

User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).

Click OK to close the window and save the changes.

You're done.

Click the OK button to close the window.

 

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