Setting up FuseMail with Mozilla Thunderbird
This tutorial explains how to set up a FuseMail account using
Mozilla Thunderbird for Windows.
Before you start:
Make sure that you have your username, password, and email
address information ready. For the example below, we are using imap.millenicom.com
as our Incoming (IMAP) Server and smtp.millenicom.com
as our Outgoing (SMTP) Server. Also, the email account that is
being used in this example is the "demo" account, which you can also
test via the Webmail interface from the main page of our website.
- Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
- On the File menu, choose New
and then Account to open the Account Wizard.
- Select Email account and click Next.
- Enter your display name in the field labeled Your
Name.
Then, type your FuseMail email address in the field labeled Email
Address.
Click Next to continue.
- Select the radio button labeled IMAP.
Enter imap.millenicom.com in the field labeled Incoming
Server.
Enter smtp.millenicom.com in the field labeled Outgoing
Server.
Click Next to continue.
Note: The field Outgoing Server is
only visible during the setup of Mozilla Thunderbird's first email account.
If you already have an email account set up, you will not see this field.
- The next screen, User Names, should
already be filled out correctly. Confirm that both fields match your
FuseMail username, and then click Next to continue.
Note:If you have already set up an email account, the Outgoing
Server field will not be appear.
- Click Next on the Account Name
page to accept the default Account Name.
- Click Finish
- Immediately after clicking finish, you will be prompted
for your password.
If you'd like to save your password, make sure Use Password Manager
to remember this password is checked before click OK
to continue.
Note: You may see a dialog box describing how the Password
Manager works. Click OK to continue.
- The next step is to configure Mozilla Thunderbird to place
messages in the correct folders.
Right click on the new account in the left window pane, and choose Properties.
- In the left pane, click on Copies & Folders.
Below the check box labeled Place a copy in, choose Other.
Click on the drop-down arrow to the right of Other, and
choose Inbox. A sub-menu should appear, choose Sent
Items.
Below the text Keep message drafts in, choose Other.
Click on the drop-down arrow to the right of Other, and
choose Inbox. A sub-menu should appear again, choose Drafts.
- Congratulations! You have completed the setup of Mozilla
Thunderbird with the FuseMail email service.
This tutorial was written for and tested with Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5.
However, the procedural steps should also work for future versions of Mozilla
Thunderbird.