|  | Setting up an email account in Mozilla Mail (IMAP)
These are the steps to set up an email account on Mozilla Mail. For this example, we will use the following parameters:
- You want to create the email account john@example.com.
- The password for this account is s3cret2991.
1. Open Mozilla Mail and go to the settings screen
Open Mozilla Mail, then click in the 'Edit' menu. Then select 'Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings...'.
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2. Set up the SMTP server
The SMTP server is one used to send email. To set it up, click on the menu option labeled 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' in the menu on the left.
- Your SMTP server name is mail.domain.com (if you're using our DNS service). So, if your domain is example.com, your SMTP server name will be mail.example.com. Enter mail.example.com in the 'Server Name' field.
- Make sure that 'Port' is 25.
- Check the 'Use name and password' checkbox. If you don't check it, you will not be able to send email to other domains.
- On 'User Name', enter your email address (john@example.com in this example).
- Finally, on 'Use secure connection' select 'No'.
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This will have set the outgoing email server. Now click on 'Add Account' in the bottom of the menu on the left in order to set up the mail account.
3. Set up the email account
At this point you will be in the new account wizard. First, choose 'Email account', and click the 'Next' button.
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4. Real name and email address
In the next screen, you have to enter the name that will be used as the sender, and your email address.
- Enter your name in the first field. This is the name that will be used as the sender of your messages. In this example, we will use 'John Smith', but it could be anything you want.
- Enter your email address in the 'Email Address' field. In our example, the email address is john@example.com.
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5. Incoming mail server
- Check the radio button next to 'IMAP'.
- On 'Incoming Server' enter the same server name that you entered for the SMTP server in step 2. In our example: mail.example.com.
Click 'Next'.
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6. User name
Enter your email address in the 'Incoming User Name' field. In our example it is john@example.com.
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7. Account name
Enter some descriptive name in the 'Account Name' field. This is used in your email client only, in order to make it easier to find each email account if you have several of them configured in Mozilla Mail.
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Click 'Next'.
8. Confirmation screen
This is the last screen of the wizard. Make sure that all the parameters are entered correctly.
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Click 'Next'.
9. Back to the email settings menu
At this point you will be in the email settings menu again. You will see the account you just created.
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Click 'Ok'.
10. Done
You have successfully configured an email account in Mozilla Mail. Click on the account's Inbox folder to download the messages. You will be prompted for your password.
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Last updated: Wednesday, March 10th, 2004 |
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