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Mozilla Thunderbird

Free email app. A good alternative if you do not have Outlook.

Download Thunderbird from thunderbird.net and install it before starting.
Type your domain name and the settings below will fill in for you.
Incoming mail (POP3)
Server / host namemail.yourdomain.com.au
Port995
EncryptionSSL/TLS
Outgoing mail (SMTP)
Server / host namemail.yourdomain.com.au
Port465
EncryptionSSL/TLS
Authentication requiredYes — same username and password
Both servers
Usernameyour full email address
Passwordyour mailbox password

Incoming and outgoing use the same host name. If your internet provider blocks port 465 for sending, try port 587 with STARTTLS instead.

  1. Open Thunderbird. Click the menu button (☰) at the top right, then New → Existing Mail Account.
  2. Enter your name, your full email address and your password, then click Configure manually.
  3. Under Incoming Server: set Protocol to POP3, then enter the hostname, port and connection security from the table above. Set Authentication to Normal password and Username to your full email address.
  4. Under Outgoing Server: enter the SMTP hostname, port and connection security from the table. Authentication Normal password, Username your full email address.
  5. Click Re-test. When Thunderbird confirms the settings, click Done.
  6. Go to Account Settings → Server Settings and tick Leave messages on server if you also read this mailbox on a phone.
Reading mail on more than one device? POP downloads messages onto the device. Make sure "leave a copy of messages on the server" is switched on in every mail app, otherwise whichever device checks first will take the mail away from the others.
Stuck on any step? Open a support ticket with support@diskman.net and we will walk you through it.