Configure Thunderbird / Mozilla / Netscape 8

These clients are all configured in roughly the same way. Open your Tools menu at the top of the screen and select Account Settings. These settings should already be correct, but check them to be sure.

Then move down to your Server Settings screen and check that the server name and port number is correct, and that SSL is selected. Tick "Check for new messages at startup" if that is your preference. Important new change: In the past, we always recommended setting "Check for new messages every 10 minutes". There is now no longer any need to set this on modern email clients, as the server will inform the client of new mailautomatically. You are free to select it if you like, which will then deliver all new mail in ten minute intervals. Do not tick the "Use secure authentication" box.

Now press the Advanced Button and check that your "IMAP server directory".Root folder path no longer needs to be set to ~/mail/ as of 27 Sep 2006. Leave it blank.

Press OK and move down to the Copies & Folders settings screen. Ensure that everything is set to keep messages in your IMAP account (not your local files). Otherwise, none of it will be backed up by us and if you lose your PC hard drive you lose your emails.

Finally, go to your Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings right at the bottom of the list. Ensure that your server name, port, user name and connection type are as displayed below: