Set up Instructions for Thunderbird Email Reader

These directions are for Thunderbird email which is like Outlook.

Sending (outgoing) email uses SMTP parameters while receiving (incoming) email uses POP3 or IMAP parameters.

I used POP3, not IMAP, for receiving and SMTP for sending. Here are the settings I used.
Change mydomain to your primary domain.
Change myemailname to your email name (e.g. abcdef@gmail.com myemailname is abcdef)

Receiving email using POP3

Port: 995
servername: mail.mydomain.com
username: myemailname@mydomain.com
connection security: SSL/TLS
authentication method: normal password
password: enter in your email password

Receiving email using IMAP

Port: 993
servername: mail.mydomain.com
username: myemailname@mydomain.com
connection security: SSL/TLS
authentication method: normal password
password: enter in your email password

Sending email using SMTP

port: 587
servername: mydomain.com
username: myemailname@mydomain.com
connection security: STARTTLS
authentication method: normal password
password: enter in your email password

Do not use SSL/TLS (port 465) for connection security. Port 465 has been assigned an unrelated function by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). It has been deprecated over 15 years and could be dropped by ISPs at any time.

Notes

On Thunderbird I get a security exception the first time I send. I accept it and everything is fine after that. Outlook may be different,
especially the older versions.

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