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Using Mozilla Thunderbird with Your Email

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Last Updated: February 16, 2010 1:35 PM

You can always use Web-Based Email to send and receive email messages. But you also can view your email with an email client. To access your email through Thunderbird™, add an account with the settings outlined below.

While these screen shots are from v3.0.1 on Windows XP, these settings are similar in other versions of Thunderbird.

Before You Start:

You need the names of your incoming and outgoing servers to set up email with a client. Web-Based Email contains this information.

  1. Log in to Web-Based Email at email.secureserver.net.
  2. From the Help menu, select Email Client Settings.
  3. Make a note of your incoming and outgoing server information.
  4. Continue with the procedures outlined below to set up your email client.

To Use Mozilla Thunderbird with Your Email


  1. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings.
  2. From the Account Actions menu, select Add Mail Account.
  3. Complete the following fields, and then click Continue.
    Your name
    The name to display on your email
    Email address
    Your email address
    Password
    Your email account password
  4. Click Stop, complete the following fields, and then click Re-test Configuration:
    Username
    Enter your full email address.
    Incoming and Outgoing
    Enter your mail server, select the server type, enter your server port (detailed below), and select the encryption method.
    Your server port varies depending on the server type and whether or not you select to use encryption.
    Server Port
    IMAP without SSL - 143
    IMAP with SSL - 993
    POP without SSL - 110
    POP with SSL - 995
    SMTP without SSL - one of the following: 25, 80, 3535
    SMTP with SSL - 465
  5. Click Create Account.
  6. Click OK.

For information on changing an existing Thunderbird email account to use SSL, see Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird to use a Secure Connection (SSL) for Email Messages.

For information on setting up Mozilla Thunderbird see Mozilla Messaging Support.

NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products. Thunderbird™ is a trademark of the Mozilla Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved.