Thunderbird is one of our recommended FREE email clients. Available for both PC and Mac. Download here.
To setup your emails in Thunderbird, go to
Tools > Account Settings
Click the button 'Add Account'
Select 'Email Account'.
Enter your name and email address.
In the next window, your incoming mailserver is mail.{yourdomainname}:
Click Next and enter your full email address as the User Name.
Click Next. Enter the Account Name, which can be anything to indentify the account.
Finish. But wait, now select the account you just created and make sure the same boxes are ticked under 'Server Settings':
| Under 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)', click Add...
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Some Internet Service Providers ("ISP" eg,
Bigpond, Optus etc) require you to send emails through their own
mailserver, and not through an external mailserver such as ours. This is
not a problem and your emails will still be received and sent correctly. |
