Valid for: deHOSTED Webhosting Plans

Last Modified theme: 28.04.2015

This topic gives you an overview of how to set up a POP / IMAP mailbox which was created in a deHOSTED Mailbox Plan and is recent Mozilla Thunderbird 12 versions.

  1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. Go to Tools > Account Settings > Account Actions > Add Mail Account.
  3. Specify the following:
    • Your name, as you want it to appear in any messages you send.
    • Your e-mail address and password.
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  4. Click Continue.
  5. If Thunderbird fails to find the settings automatically, specify the following:
    • Account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select the IMAP option. If you do not want to keep any messages on the server, select the POP3 option. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on e-mail messages you receive, if SpamAssassin is enabled on the server.
      5.If Thunderbird fails to find the settings automatically, specify the following:

  6. Click Create Account.
If you set up a mail account manually, please use the following typical combinations of connection security and authentication method settings. If the settings do not work for you, ask your hosting provider about the correct combination.

On Linux:
  • Connection security: STARTTLS
  • Authentication method: Encrypted password
    On Windows, IMAP:
  • Connection security: None
  • Authentication method: Encrypted password
    On Windows, POP3:
  • Connection security: None
  • Authentication method: Password, transmitted insecurely
Other parameters that you may need when configuring your account manually:
  • POP3 port: 110
  • IMAP port: 143
  • SMTP port: 25
  • Username. Your full e-mail address. For example: johndoe@example.com.
  • Incoming server address (POP3/IMAP). Specify your website's Internet address. Example: example.com
  • Outgoing server address. Specify your website's Internet address. Example: example.com
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