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Thunderbird Setup

(Instructions valid for version 31.2.0)

You should already have Thunderbird installed, if you do not, please download and install Thunderbird.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

CalTel recommends but does not support this 3rd party software. Please contact the software developer if you experience problems.

Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OS X


  1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. If this is the first time opening Thunderbird, skip to step 5.
  3. Click on the Application menu icon in the upper-right hand corner of Thunderbird:
  4. Go to New Message, then choose “Get a New Mail Account”:
  5. Click on “Skip this and use my existing email”:
  6. Fill in your Name, Email address and Password, then click Continue:
  7. Choose “POP3 (keep mail on your computer)” and then click the “Manual config” button:
  8. The next window has a few fields we need to fix. I have outlined the problem areas in red:
  9. Change the Incoming SSL from “STARTTLS” to SSL/TLS. The Port will automatically change to 995.
  10. Under Incoming Authentication, change “Audodetect” back to “Normal password”
  11. In the Username field for both “Incoming:” and “Outgoing:”, change your username to your full email address.
  12. When you are done, it will look like this:
  13. Click “Done” to create the account.
knowledge_base/setup/email/thunderbird.txt · Last modified: 2014/10/14 13:21 by cybarra