Thunderbird

Set Up Email for Thunderbird

What you will need:

  • User Name
  • Email Address
  • Password

Begin Set up

  1. Start Thunderbird. If you don’t already have Thunderbird, you can download here.
  2. Once application has launched. Go to the “Tools” tab, under that tab click on “Account Settings”. Tools➝ Account Settings
  3. A new window will pop up, in that window click on the button in the lower left corner titled “Account Actions” then select “Add Mail Account”
  4. In the window that appears, fill in the 3 following fields with your information then click “Continue”:
    • Your Name: Your Name
    • Email Address: <user_name>@<domain_name>
    • Password: your password
    • Optional: “Remember password”, uncheck for added security which will prompt you to enter your password each time you open your email client, otherwise leave it checked.
  5. Thunderbird will try to automatically set your account settings (Chances are these are wrong) Click on the “Manual Config” button in the bottom left
  6. Settings for Incoming Server:
    • IMAP/POP3: Select IMAP to store email on Server and access from multiple devices/machines. Select POP3 to pull down all mail locally to your device/machine
    • Server hostname: Ensure it is “mail.bcsehosting.com”
    • Port: Ensure the port is 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP
    • SSL: Select “SSL”
    • Authentication: You may use “Autodetect” or “Normal Password”, Both should work
  7. Settings for Outgoing Server:
    • Server hostname: Ensure it is “mail.bcsehosting.com”
    • Port: the correct port is 587
    • SSL: Select “StartTLS”
    • Authentication: You may use “Autodetect” or “Normal Password”, Both should work
  8. Click on Create Account and the Set up is Complete