summary How to add a Plesk email account in Mozilla Thunderbird.
The instructions provided in this section were verified against Mozilla Thunderbird 142.0. They might not work with earlier or later versions of Mozilla Thunderbird. To set up Mozilla Thunderbird: 1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird. 2. From Account Settings click **New Account** \> **Mail account…**. 3. Specify the following: - Your name, as you want it to appear in any messages you send. - Your email address.
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4. Click **Continue**. 5. If Thunderbird fails to find the settings automatically, click **Manual config** and specify the following for both incoming server settings and outgoing server settings: - Protocol. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select the **IMAP** option. If you do not want to keep any messages on the server, select the **POP3** option. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on email messages you receive, provided SpamAssassin is enabled on the server. - Depending on your environment, specify your manual configuration settings.
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6. Specify your password. 7. Click **Done**.
## Manual configuration settings If you wish to set up a mail account manually, use the following typical combinations of connection security and authentication method settings. If the settings do not work for you, ask your hosting provider about the correct combination. On Linux, SMTP, IMAP, POP3: - **SSL/TLS**: STARTTLS - **Authentication**: Encrypted password On Windows, IMAP: - **SSL/TLS**: None - **Authentication**: Encrypted password On Windows, SMTP, POP3: - **SSL/TLS**: None - **Authentication**: Normal password Other parameters that you may need when configuring your account manually: - POP3 port: 110 - IMAP port: 143 - SMTP port: 25 - **Username**. Your full email address. For example: *johndoe@example.com*. - **Incoming server address** (POP3/IMAP). Specify your website’s Internet address. Example: *example.com* - **Outgoing server address**. Specify your website’s Internet address. Example: *example.com*