Step by step guide to setting up your email in Thunderbird
This guide will take you through the steps to set up your email account in Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.5.
Thunderbird is a free, reliable email client. If you would like to use it you can download it from the Mozilla Thunderbird homepage.
Step One
Load up Thunderbird.
Click 'Tools' then 'Accounts Settings...'
Step Two
An 'Account Settings' window will appear.
Click the 'Add Account...' button
Step Three
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear.
Ensure the 'Email account' option is selected.
Click the 'Next' button.
Step Four
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear requesting your identity details.
Enter the name you wish to appear on your emails into the 'Your Name' text field.
Enter your email address as supplied by Afterglow Media into the 'Email Address' text field.
Click the 'Next' button.
Step Five
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear requesting your server details.
Ensure that the 'POP' option is selected.
Enter your mail server address as supplied by Afterglow Media into the 'Incoming Server' text field.
Click the 'Next' button.
Step Six
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear requesting your username details.
Enter your username as supplied by Afterglow Media into the 'Incoming User Name' text field.
Note: Your username will be your complete email address.
Click the 'Next' button.
Step Seven
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear requesting the account name you would like to use.
Enter an account name into the 'Account Name' text field.
Note: This is simply a name to help you differentiate between multiple email accounts.
Click the 'Next' button.
Step Eight
An 'Account Wizard' window will appear congratulating you that the setup is complete.
Click the 'Finish' button to finalise the setup.
Now we need to setup your outgoing email server.
Step Nine
On the 'Account Settings' window that appears click the 'Add...' button under 'Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings'.
Step Ten
An 'SMTP Server' window will appear.
Enter a personal description (such as 'Outgoing server') into the 'Description' text field.
Enter your mail server address as supplied by Afterglow Media into the 'Server Name' text field.
Enter your username as supplied by Afterglow Media into the 'Incoming User Name' text field.
Note: Your username will be your complete email address.
Leave the remaining settings as they are.
Click the 'OK' button.
Step Eleven
Click the 'OK' button on the 'Account Settings' window.
Your email is now setup in Mozilla Thunderbird.
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This guide will take you through the steps to set up your email account in Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.5.
