Mozilla Thunderbird™ Email Setup

Please follow the instructions below when settings up your email account for Mozilla Thunderbird™

If you are using Mozilla Thunder Bird&trade for the first time an email account wizard should load automatically and you can start from step 4.

Mozilla Thunderbird™ is available free for download - www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

  1. Start up Mozilla Thunderbird™

  2. Click on Tools -> Account Settings

  3. Click on the Add Account

  4. Select Email Account and click on Next

  5. Enter your name into the Your Name field and your email address into the Email Address field and click on Next

    e.g. user@aunix.com.au

  6. Enter the Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP) email servers into the Incoming Server and Outgoing Server fields then click on Next

    Incoming (POP3) Mail Server: mail.aunix.com.au
    Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server: smtp.aunix.com.au

  7. Enter your full email address into the Incoming User Name field making sure the Outgoing User Name is left blank. Then click on Next

    e.g. user@aunix.com.au

  8. Enter your full email address into the Account Name field then click on Next

  9. Click on Finish

  10. Go back to Tools -> Account Settings

  11. Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) then click on Edit

  12. Untick Use Name and Password and click on Ok

  13. Click on Ok again to close the Account Settings window

Congratulations you have now setup your AuNix Email Account in Mozilla Thunderbird™

Unlike Outlook&trade and Outlook Express&trade Mozilla Thunderbird™ does not use a Send/Recieve button to download messages.

Instead you will use the Get Mail button and when writing new messages once you click Send your message will send automatically.