Email Setup Instructions for Thunderbird on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X, & Linux
Step 1:
- You can download it from Mozilla for free at http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird
- Open/Start the Thunderbird Program
- From the top menu, Click File > New > Account
- Select Email account
- Click Next
Step 2:
- Enter your name
- Enter your full email address
- Click Next
- Incoming server:
- @oplink.net email accounts and non-cpanel web hosting customers use: mail.oplink.net
- cpanel web hosting customers use: cpanel1.oplink.net
- Outoing server:
- @oplink.net email accounts and non-cpanel web hosting customers use: mail.oplink.net
- cpanel web hosting customers use: cpanel1.oplink.net
- Click Next
Step 4:
- Enter your full email address for the Incoming User Name field
- Click Next
Step 5:
- Enter your full email address for the Account Name field
- Click Next
Step 6:
- Click Finish
Step 7:
- Select the Tools Menu > Account Settings
- Click Server Settings under your email address.
- Set Use secure connection to: SSL
Step 8:
- Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) at the bottom on the left menu.
- Click Edit on the right side.
Step 9:
- Your Outgoing Mail server should be in the Server Name box, if not use:
- @oplink.net email accounts and non-cpanel web hosting customers use: mail.oplink.net
- cpanel web hosting customers use: cpanel1.oplink.net
- Set your description the same as Server Name box.
- Check "Use name and password"
- Set "Use secure connection" to TLS
- Click OK
Step 10:
- Click OK