Mozilla Thunderbird is a free (freedom), open source, free (in terms of price) email client
User may visit https://www.thunderbird.net , download and install the application.
1. Inside Mozilla Thunderbird Menu, choose “Tools” , choose “Account Settings”
2. In the left-bottom corner, choose “Add Mail Account”
3. Input basic information –
4. Choose “Manual Config”
5. Input server details, user login details. (Below is an example for email-solution.net)
(please refer to account information email for email server naming)
Incoming Mail via IMAP (email contents stored on server, suitable for multi device users, e.g. mobile user)
IMAP Server : yourdomain-com.login.hk (for SSL) , or mail.yourdomain.com (for non-SSL)
IMAP Port: 993 (SSL) , or 143 (non-SSL)
or
Incoming Mail via POP3 (email contents downloaded to your desktop, suitable for fixed location users, e.g. office user)
POP3 Server : yourdomain-com.login.hk (for SSL) , or mail.yourdomain.com (for non-SSL)
POP3 Port: 995 (SSL) , or 110 (non-SSL)
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Outgoing Mail SMTP
SMTP Server : yourdomain-com.login.hk (for SSL) , or mail.yourdomain.com (for non-SSL)
SMTP Port: 465 (SSL), or 587 (plain-text or STARTTLS)
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SSL, TLS are encrypted connection
STARTTLS is Opportunistic TLS encrypted connection (if supported TLS encrypted connection, then use TLS. Otherwise, use plain-text connection)
Plain-text is standard (non-encrypted) connection
6. Done.
