Changing an E-mail Account in Thunderbird
Email Account Configuration
| User name: | Your COMPLETE email address |
| Server type: | POP3/SMTP |
| SMTP port number: | 587 |
| POP3 port number: | 995 |
| Server name: | SERVER.12pointdesign.com
(replace SERVER with your server win or nix) |
| Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication |
| Do not use SPA (Secure Password Authentication) |
To edit an existing e-mail account in Thunderbird, follow the steps below.
This is most often necessary when it was originally setup incorrectly.
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Click Tools, Account Settings.
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On the left, click Outgoing Server (SMTP),
then click the email account, and the Edit button.
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Set the Port to 587.
Ensure that Use secure connection is set to No.
Click OK.
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Click the Email account, then select
the SMTP account to created above.
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Click the Server Settings item on the
left associated with your account.
- Ensure the Port is 110.
- Ensure that Use secure connection is set to Never.
- Optionally, check the box to Leave messages on server,
and For at most, in order to leave a copy of your messages on the server
temporarily.
Click OK to
exit the e-mail account settings window. You're done! Congratulations!
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