{"id":175,"date":"2020-06-01T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T07:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=175"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:16:12","slug":"creating-an-imap-email-account-in-mozilla-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/creating-an-imap-email-account-in-mozilla-thunderbird","title":{"rendered":"Creating an IMAP Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creating an IMAP Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird<\/h4>\n
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  1. First step, Open your Mozilla Thunderbird<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Then, Go to Tools and Account Settings.<\/li>\n
  3. After that, Click\u00a0\u201cCreate a new account\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Creating<\/p>\n

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    1. And, Choose \u201cSkip this an use my existing email\u201d<\/li>\n
    2. Enter Your Name, complete Email Address and password and click \u201cContinue\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/p>\n

      6. After that, At Mail account setup configure screen, choose Manual config .<\/p>\n

      <\/p>\n

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      1. And, Select the type of incoming server : \u00a0IMAP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Enter the name of your incoming and outgoing mail server<\/a>: mail. (enter your domain name) with Port number 143.<\/p>\n

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        1. Fill the Username with full email such as\u00a0username@yourdomain.com<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          <\/p>\n

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          1. After that, Click on \u201cRe-test\u201d the configuration and Click \u201cDone\u201d.<\/li>\n
          2. Go to your main menu of Thunderbird and go to Outgoing Server and verify your Outgoing SMTP server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            <\/p>\n

            11.Check the box \u201cUse name and password\u201d and assign the user name to your email account and select \u201cNo\u201d to use a secure connection.<\/p>\n

            12. By clicking on the \u201cGet Mail\u201d button at the top left, you will continue using Thunderbird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Creating an IMAP Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird First step, Open your Mozilla Thunderbird Then, Go to Tools and Account Settings. After that, Click\u00a0\u201cCreate a new account\u201d And, Choose \u201cSkip this an use my existing email\u201d Enter Your Name, complete Email Address and password and click \u201cContinue\u201d. 6. After that, At Mail account setup configure screen, choose Manual config .…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[9],"kbtag":[1677,1695],"class_list":["post-175","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-thunderbird","kbtag-imap","kbtag-thunderbird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5490,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/175\/revisions\/5490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}