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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