• Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
  • *If a window pops up, just click cancel to get to the Main Mozilla Thunderbird window.
• At the top left portion of your Mozilla Thunderbird window:
  • Choose "File".
  • Choose "New".
  • Choose "Account...".

After Choosing "Account...", Mozilla Thunderbird will open a popup window titled "Account Wizard".

You will see "New Account Setup" just under "Account Wizard".

• Choose "Email account" from the selection choices.
• Click the "Next >" (at the bottom of the window).

You will now see the "Account Wizard" "Identity" window.

This window gives you the ability to type you name and email address into the respected fields.

• Type Your Name into the "Your Name" field.
  • You can put what ever name into this field. This field does not have to be your specific name. It can be what ever you want. If this is for a general business email account, just fill in your businesses name. Example: Split One Technologies. This field can be any character, number of characters or combination of characters.
• Type Your Email Address, in LOWER CASE, into the "Email Address" field.
• Click the "Next >" (at the bottom of the window).

If you have followed correctly, you should now be at the "Account Wizard" "Server Information" window.

This window allows a user the ability of selecting a server type, setting the mail server name and choosing whether you would like to have a global inbox.

• Choose "POP".
• Type your Incoming Server Name in LOWER CASE.
  • Look at your email address. Remove everything up to and including the "@" symbol. Type the characters "mail." (do not forget the dot ".").
  • If your email that you typed in previously is: example@splitone.com, your incoming mail server will be mail.splitone.com. If your email address is example@supremeagent.com, your incoming mail server will be mail.supremeagent.com.
• Uncheck the box "Use Global Inbox".
  • This will keep your email account seperate in Mozilla Thunderbird. This will also make it much less confusing, should you add another email account.
• Click the "Next >" (at the bottom of the window).

You have now reached the "Account Wizard" "User Names" window.

This window allows a user to input their incoming user name. Ie. their full email address.

• Type your full email address in all LOWER CASE into the "Incoming User Name" area. Example: example@splitone.com.
• Click the "Next >" (at the bottom of the window).

You are now at the "Account Wizard" "Account Name" window.

This section allows a user to input a word or combination of words to keep their email account(s) organized.

• Fill out the "Account Name" area with a words or words that will allow you to know what this email account is.
  • Recommendations: If this is a personal account, type your name. If this is a business account, type your business name and account name.
• Click the "Next >" (at the bottom of the window).

You have now successfully setup all of your Incoming Mail Server settings.

• Check the box "Downld messages now".
• Click the "Finish >" (at the bottom of the window).

Now it is time to configure your Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) settings.

From the main window of Mozilla Thunderbird:

• Choose "Tools".
• Choose "Account Settings...".

Mozilla Thunderbird opens a popup window titled "Account Settings".

On the left portion of the window, you will see your email account, Local Folders and a section called "Outgoing Server (SMTP)".

• Click "Outgoing Server (SMTP)"

Once clicked, the right side of the Account Settings will say "Outgoing Server (SMTP) settings.

• Click the "Add..." button (located in the top right of the popup window).

Mozilla Thunderbird will open an additional, smaller, popup window titled "SMTP Server"

This window allows you the ability of entering all of your Outgoing Mail Server information.

• Create and type a description of this connection within the "Description" area.
  • This can be a simple word or combination of words that will allow you to remember what account you are setting up.
• Enter your "Server Name
  • This value will be the same as your Incoming Mail Server value. (mail.splitone.com used in our example@splitone.com email account)
• Enter your Port Number
  • In many cases, the default port 25 will work fine. If you have an ISP that blocks port 25, you can change this value to 89.
• Choose "No" for "Use secure connection"
• Click the "OK" button at the bottom of the small window.

You have now returned to the "Account Settings" window.

• Click your email address that appears in the upper left of the "Account Settings" window.
• In the right pane of the window, you will see a section titled "Outgoing Server (SMTP)".
• Choose the Outgoing Server that you just setup.
• Click "OK" button at the bottom of the window.

Congratulations. You have just setup your email account with Mozilla Thunderbird.