Mozilla Thunderbird overview

Mozilla Thunderbird is an open source mail client and RSS reader made by the organization who produces the Mozilla Firefox web browser. This is a free email client you can use with DreamHost. It can also be used as a backup client for testing purposes if you find your primary client is not functioning as it should. Mozilla Thunderbird

For an overview on the different settings and protocols you can use to connect Thunderbird to your email, please review the following article:

  • Email Client Configuration

Setting up Thunderbird

  1. Open Thunderbird.

2.  From the File menu, select New and then Existing Account.


3.   Enter the following settings.

  • Your name: Enter the name of the user you’re setting up. This shows in the message ‘From’ details.
  • Email address: Enter the full email address for your user here.
  • Password: Enter the user’s password here. (The password is case-sensitive so make sure you enter the password exactly as it was created.)
  • Remember password: You can check this box for so that the program doesn't prompt you to enter the password each time you open it up.
4.  Once you enter the information above, click Continue on the bottom right.


5.  The correct settings for your mail server should appear. Check the 'Mail server names' article to confirm. The incoming server should be either imap.dreamhost.com or pop.dreamhost.com. The outgoing server is always smtp.dreamhost.com.

6.  Click Done to complete the setup.

Secure settings

Thunderbird automatically configures your address to use secure settings. This means port 993 IMAP and 465 for the outgoing server.

  1. To confirm these settings, click your email in the left pane.

2.  In the center pane click 'View settings for this account'.


3.  A pop-up displays. In the left pane click 'Server Settings' under your address to view the port#, SSL option, and Authentication method.

4.  Click 'Outgoing Server Settings' in the left pane to view those settings.

Viewing message headers

The Thunderbird mail program refers to the full message headers of a message as the “source”. In some cases, you may need to retrieve the full header (or “source”) details of a message.

To view the full header details of a message:

  1. Click the message to view its content.

      2.   In the far right corner of the message, click the More dropdown.
      
      3.   In the dropdown options, select 'View Source'.

This opens a new window with the full header details of the message you choose.


                      
                        Call  1-856-514-8666 for help and support of Mozilla Thunderbird. 


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