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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.
## 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*