Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird:  version 38

 

It is always recommended to download Thunderbird from the official Mozilla site, other shady operators have been known to rehost the software after bundling unwanted extras with the installer.

You can always get a clean version of the software here, at the official Mozilla Thunderbird site.

In this example, we will be configuring an IMAP e-mail for the fictional account “myaccount@sequimbay.net”

The email address is myaccount@sequimbay.net

Configuration settings:

          User name:              myaccount@sequimbay.net

          IMAP (IN)               mail.nikola.com                on port 993

          SMTP (OUT)           mail.nikola.com                on port 465

 

   When you start Thunderbird for the first time, the NEW EMAIL ADDRESS dialog box opens, see Figure 1.   You will prompted to create a new account, we will skip the free sponsored account, and select SKIP THIS AND USE MY EXISTING EMAIL located at the bottom left of the dialogue box.

Figure 1: Click “Skip this and use my existing email” to begin.

 

   Now, enter your account settings, as is demonstrated below in Figure 2:   The ‘Your Name‘ field can be anything you like, but this is the name that others will see when you send e-mail.

Make sure to include your full e-mail address in both the Email Address field, and the incoming/outgoing Username field. The mailserver will refuse to authenticate you if you do not use the full address.

Imap mail retrieval is on port 993, Pop3 retrieval uses port 995, both types use encryption.

Double check that you have entered the values correctly, then click on ‘Test‘ and ‘Done‘ to finish setting up the account

Figure 2: Entering e-mail settings for a new Nikola Broadband Thunderbird account. Click on the image to enlarge.

   If you have entered all the values correctly, you will now be greeted by the MDaemon welcome message (for new accounts), or the inbox of your already established Nikola Broadband e-mail account.

Figure 3: Logging into your email account

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Then select ‘Import’ from the drop-down ‘Tools’ menu bar

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   Choose what you would like to import.
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    If you are importing from another computer, make sure you have exported your address book into one of the compatible address book formats, shown in figure 7

Figure 7
Click ‘Next’ to import your address book or contact information.

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