{"id":289,"date":"2020-06-01T22:08:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=289"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:32:34","slug":"creating-a-pop3-email-account-in-mozilla-thunderbird-x","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/creating-a-pop3-email-account-in-mozilla-thunderbird-x","title":{"rendered":"Creating a POP3 Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird x"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Creating<\/h4>\n

Creating a POP3 Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird<\/h4>\n
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  1. Open your Mozilla Thunderbird<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Go to Tools > Account Settings<\/li>\n
    2. Click \u201cCreate a new account\u201d<\/li>\n
    3. Choose \u201cSkip this an use my existing email\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Enter Your Name, \u00a0full Email Address and password , click \u201cContinue\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. At Mail account setup configure screen, choose manual config<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Select the type of incoming server : \u00a0POP3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Enter the name of your incoming and outgoing mail server: mail. (enter your domain name) with Port number 110.<\/p>\n

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            1. The username would be your full email address such as\u00a0username@yourdomain.com<\/u><\/li>\n
            2. Click on \u201cRe-test\u201d the configuration and Click \u201cDone\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Back to your Thunderbird main menu and go to Outgoing Server<\/a> and confirm your Outgoing SMTP server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Check the \u201cUse name and password\u201d box and assign your email account to the User Name and select \u201cNo\u201d for Use secure connection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. You may start using Thunderbird by clicking on the top left \u201cGet Mail\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    Creating a POP3 Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird Open your Mozilla Thunderbird Go to Tools > Account Settings Click \u201cCreate a new account\u201d Choose \u201cSkip this an use my existing email\u201d Enter Your Name, \u00a0full Email Address and password , click \u201cContinue\u201d. At Mail account setup configure screen, choose manual config Select the type of incoming server : \u00a0POP3 Enter…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[10],"kbtag":[1675,1662],"class_list":["post-289","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-android","kbtag-mozilla-thunderbird","kbtag-pop3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/289","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=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5440,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/289\/revisions\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}