Pre-Flight Check
- These instructions are intended specifically for setting up e-mail on Thunderbird.
- I’ll be working from Thunderbird version 24.5.
- If these instructions don’t quite work for you, check out our tutorial on setting up other e-mail clients.
Step 1: Create a New Account
Click Email.

Step 2: Skip and Use an Existing Email
Click Skip this and use my existing email.

Step 3: Enter Basic Account Information
Enter Your name followed by your Email address, and then your Password.

Step 4: Select Manual Configuration
While Thunderbird tries Looking up configuration: Trying common server names , click Manual config if you already know your mail server hostnames.

Step 5: Configure Either POP3 (110) or IMAP (143), and SMTP (25)
If you’ve configured your e-mail in cPanel then you can either select POP3 or IMAP for your Incoming server type.

Step 6: Verify the Server Information
Verify all of the server information, and then click Done to continue.

Step 6a: Security Check
If you haven’t installed a valid security certificate on your mail server, then your mail server is likely using a default certificate and you may receive the following error:

Step 7: Setup Complete
That’s it, Thunderbird should now be set up to receive e-mail!
