Setting Up Your E-mail in Mozilla Thunderbird

This tutorial will help you set up the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client to work with your Geek On Wheels e-mail account. If you don't currently have or use Mozilla Thunderbird as your email client you can download this excellent Email program for free from Mozilla

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To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird

1. In Mozilla Thunderbird, select Tools > Account Settings.
   
2. Select "Email account " and click Next.
   
3. Enter your name and e-mail address.
   
4. Select "POP" as the type of incoming server you are using. Your incoming server is mail.yourdomain.com (what ever your domain is that is hosted on Geek On Wheels.
   
   SPECIAL NOTE: If you have or are planning to use more than one email account like verizon, gmail, comcast or other email account and plan on using Thunderbird to access all your email accounts. Uncheck the "Use Global Inbox (store mail in Local Folders)" check box. Doing so will give each of your POP mail accounts their own inbox, trash, and sent folders making sorting of your individual accounts email messages easier. You will need to do this the first time you set up an account in Thunderbird or delete any existing email accounts and set them up again (this will lose all settings and received and sent mail currently in the account)
   
   Click Next.
   
5. Enter your e-mail address for the "Incoming User Name," and "Outgoing User Name." Click Next.
6. Enter a name for your e-mail account and click Next.
   
7. Verify your account information and click Finish.
8. In the Account Settings window, select "Outgoing Server" listed below your new account.
   
9. Enter "mail.yourdomain.com" (what ever your domain is that is hosted on Geek On Wheels) for the "Server Name" and change the "Port" setting to 25 or 28.
10. Select "Use name and password" and enter your e-mail address. Thunderbird will ask you for your password the first time you try to send mail. Click OK.