Thunderbird is a favorite of many email users! This tutorial will quickly help you get your cPanel email accounts setup and running with Thunderbird!
First things first, gather your information! You may need to login to your cPanel, click on your email accounts icon and then click on 'Connect Devices' to see your settings!
Once you have the information needed, open Thunderbird.
If it is the 'first time' you are configuring a mail client in Thunderbird, these steps may be off just a bit. If you have used Thunderbird in the past, these settings will work great.
Step 1: Click on the gear icon in the lower left, then click Add Mail Account.
Step 2: Enter in your name, email and password. Then click on 'Configure manually'.
Step 3: After you click Configure manually, the screen will expand. Enter in your hostname as mail.yourdomain.com, set Connection security to use SSL/TLS and the port to 993 for IMAP. (port 995 for POP). In the Outgoing Server section, again, put mail.yourdomain.com for the hostname, server port 465 and security SSL/TLS. Once done, click on "Re-test".
Step 4: If all the information is correct, you will now see a green notice at the top... Now click 'Done'!
Step 5: Now click Finish! Start composing and receiving mail!