If you have email hosting with WebsiteExpress, then you can take advantage of our secure email hosting services for your Mozilla Thunderbird program. A secure email account will give you an encrypted connection to and from the server so that your password and data is secured during transmission over the internet. This will prevent anyone who may be monitoring your internet connection from viewing your email account details. This is especially useful on public wifi connections such as what you would find at a coffee shop or a hotel. Please follow the instructions below to set up a secure WebsiteExpress email account for your domain name in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free email program that you can download here.
Here are the settings to quickly set up Mozilla Thunderbird.
Encryption Type: SSL/TLS
Incoming IMAP Port: 993
Incoming POP3 Port: 995
Incoming Server: mail.WebsiteExpress.net
Outgoing SMTP Port: 465
Outgoing Server: mail.WebsiteExpress.net
You can also follow the in depth image tutorial below.
If this is a new install of Thunderbird simply click email and then Skip this and use my existing email. Otherwise continue to the next step.
To set up a new email account go to Tools and click on Account Settings.
Go to Account Actions and click on Add Mail Account.
Enter Your Name, Email address, and Password
(You will find your email address and password on the account setup email that you received from Website Express for your domain name)
Click Continue
Click on Manual config.
Fill in the Server hostname, Ports, SSL, and Authentication.
Select your account type (IMAP is recommended but POP3 is fine too)
Incoming (IMAP) - mail.WebsiteExpress.net - 993 - SSL/TLS - Normal password
or
Incoming (POP3) - mail.WebsiteExpress.net - 995 - SSL/TLS - Normal password
Outgoing (SMTP) - mail.WebsiteExpress.net - 465 - SSL/TLS - Normal password
Username for incoming and outgoing is your full email address.
Click Done.
You are all done! You can now send and receive email through your Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
Thank you for choosing secure email hosting from WebsiteExpress.com! Please let us know if you have any questions.