Creating an Account in Mozilla Thunderbird Version 3

Setting Up a New Account 1) Open Mozilla Thunderbird 3 and login 2) Click File 3) Click New 4) Click Mail Account 5) In Mail Account Setup, enter your name, full email address and password for that account. The “Remember Password” option should be checked. 6) Click Continue

Thunderbird will begin an automated setup, however the connection tests will fail. Note: The orange light next to “Outgoing” indicates there was an error.

7) Click the Edit Button to manually edit the fields

5/10 1 The Incoming and Outgoing server settings should be changed to the following:

8) Click on Re-test Configuration

During the test, Thunderbird may automatically switch the security settings for the Outgoing server to SSL/TLS. If it does, switch the setting back to STARTTLS.

Note: For home users, the outgoing port can be set to 587 for troubleshooting.

The message Thunderbird has found the settings for your email account should appear. There will be a green light next to Incoming and Outgoing options. This means the settings are correct.

9) Click Create Account to finish

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New Features Tabs Double-clicking or hitting Enter on a mail message will now open that message in a new tab window. Right-clicking on messages or folders will open them in a tab in the background.

When quitting Thunderbird, visible tabs will be saved and will be restored when you open Thunderbird the next time. There is also a new Tab menu on the Tab toolbar to help you switch between tabs.

Search The new search interface in Thunderbird 3 contains filtering and timeline tools to pinpoint the exact email you’re looking for. Thunderbird 3 also indexes all of your emails to help you search even faster. Your search results are displayed in a tab so you can easily switch back and forth to your search results and other email.

FAQ System Requirements Before installing be sure that your computer meets the system requirements.

Note: Thunderbird 3 no longer supports versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000 (e.g. Windows 95, 98, ME and NT) and Mac OS X versions prior to 10.4 Tiger. Linux requirements have also changed. Ensure that compatibility mode for unsupported Windows platforms is disabled for the Thunderbird executable in Windows.

Upgrading to Thunderbird 3 Old Users: For all systems, you won't lose any of your messages or address books, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available. Users are highly encouraged to make a backup of their profiles before installing Thunderbird 3. Thunderbird 3 will completely replace any previous versions of Thunderbird

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