Set Up Email in Thunderbird

Instructions given below will guide you through setting up email in Thunderbird, a free email client software.

Once you first launch Thunderbird, you will get a pop up window to put your name, email address and email account password.

If you are setting up a second account just go to

Tools > Accounts settings

On the very bottom of the window you will see Account Actions button.

Click it and choose Add new account from the drop down list.

Thunderbird - add new account

Thunderbird – add new account

Click ‘Continue’ for Thunderbird to fetch email settings automatically.
However we’ll need to edit automatic settings.

  • Make sure that you have full email address as username (including @domain.com)
  • Port numbers must be
POP3: 110
IMAP: 143
SMTP: 25 or 26
  • Incoming and Outgoing Mail server: domain.com
No http://www. must be used; mail. prefix can be omitted
  • Choose POP3 if you want to download emails to your computer
  • Choose IMAP if you want them to stay on the server
Thunderbird - incoming and outgoing mail settings

Thunderbird – incoming and outgoing mail settings

Hit Re-test Configuration or proceed to manual setup

Thunderbird - test configuration

Thunderbird – test configuration

It is recommended to check Incoming Mail Server settings

Thunderbird - check incoming mail settings

Thunderbird – check incoming mail settings

And Outgoing Mail Server settings

Thunderbird - check outgoing mail settings

Thunderbird – check outgoing mail settings

Authentication should be set to password; username must be full email address (including @domain.com). Port number: 25 or 26.

Thunderbird - SMTP settings

Thunderbird – SMTP settings


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