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<html> Before you can setup your email account in Mozilla Thunderbird or any local email client, you need to create it.  If you have access to cPanel, you can view our knowledgebase article on how to create an email account through cPanel here:<br /> <br /> <a title="Creating an Email Account" href="https://esupport.acenet-inc.net/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/165/4/creating-an-email-account">Creating an Email Account</a><br /> <br /> <iframe src="https://esupport.acenet-inc.net/swffiles/Email/thunderbird_create_email/thunderbird_create_email.html" width="700" height="540"> </iframe>
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Before you can setup your email account in Mozilla Thunderbird or any local email client, you need to create it.  If you have access to cPanel, you can view our knowledgebase article [[Creating an Email Account]]
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[1] Click the 'Tools' tab.  
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[2] Click 'Account <span style="text-decoration: underline;">S</span>ettings...'.
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{{video|/swffiles/Email/thunderbird_create_email/thunderbird_create_email.html}}
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[3] Click the <img title="Account Actions" src="http://esupport.acenet-inc.net/knowledgebase_images/thunderbird_account_actions.jpg" alt="Account Actions" width="176" height="26" /> button.  
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[4] Click '<span style="text-decoration: underline;">A</span>dd Mail Account...'.
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[1] Click the 'Tools' tab.  
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[5] Specify your name in the 'Your <span style="text-decoration: underline;">n</span>ame' text field.  
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[6] Enter your full email address into the 'Emai<span style="text-decoration: underline;">l</span> address' text field.  
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[2] Click 'Account <span style="text-decoration: underline;">S</span>ettings...'
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[7] Enter your email address' password into the '<span style="text-decoration: underline;">P</span>assword' text field.  
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[8] Click the <img title="Continue" src="http://esupport.acenet-inc.net/knowledgebase_images/thunderbird_continue.jpg" alt="Continue" width="75" height="26" /> button.  
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[3] Click the [[File:Thunderbird account actions.jpg]] button.  
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[9] Click the <img title="Manual config" src="http://esupport.acenet-inc.net/knowledgebase_images/thunderbird_manual_config.jpg" alt="Manual config" width="92" height="26" /> button.  
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[10] Enter your full email address into the 'Username' text field.  
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[4] Click 'Add Mail Account...'
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<div style="padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 10px;">*Note: when Thunderbird requests your email address, you must input your full email address.  Do not input your cPanel username.  A full email address is of the form:<br /> <br /> [email protected]<br /> <br /> where 'account' is the mailbox name you have setup and 'mydomain.com' is your domain name.</div>
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[11] Click the <img title="Create Account" src="http://esupport.acenet-inc.net/knowledgebase_images/thunderbird_create_account.jpg" alt="Create Account" width="101" height="26" /> button.  
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[5] Specify your name in the 'Your name' text field.  
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[12] Click the <img title="OK" src="http://esupport.acenet-inc.net/knowledgebase_images/thunderbird_ok.jpg" alt="OK" width="75" height="26" /> button. </html> [[Category:Email]]
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[6] Enter your full email address into the 'Email address' text field.  
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[7] Enter your email address' password into the 'Password' text field.  
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[8] Click the [[File:Thunderbird continue.jpg]] button.  
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[9] Click the [[File:Thunderbird manual config.jpg]] button.  
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[10] Enter your full email address into the 'Username' text field.  
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{{note|When Thunderbird requests your email address, you must input your full email address.  Do not input your cPanel username.  A full email address is of the form:
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where 'account' is the mailbox name you have setup and 'mydomain.com' is your domain name.}}
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[11] Click the [[File:Thunderbird create account.jpg]] button.  
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[12] Click the [[File:Thunderbird ok.jpg]] button.
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[[Category:Email]]

Latest revision as of 20:09, 9 October 2012

Before you can setup your email account in Mozilla Thunderbird or any local email client, you need to create it. If you have access to cPanel, you can view our knowledgebase article Creating an Email Account

[1] Click the 'Tools' tab.

[2] Click 'Account Settings...'

[3] Click the Thunderbird account actions.jpg button.

[4] Click 'Add Mail Account...'

[5] Specify your name in the 'Your name' text field.

[6] Enter your full email address into the 'Email address' text field.

[7] Enter your email address' password into the 'Password' text field.

[8] Click the Thunderbird continue.jpg button.

[9] Click the Thunderbird manual config.jpg button.

[10] Enter your full email address into the 'Username' text field.

When Thunderbird requests your email address, you must input your full email address. Do not input your cPanel username. A full email address is of the form:

[email protected]

where 'account' is the mailbox name you have setup and 'mydomain.com' is your domain name.

[11] Click the Thunderbird create account.jpg button.

[12] Click the Thunderbird ok.jpg button.

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