Thunderbird 2.0 IMAP Setup
This document is intended to assist in the first-time setup of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 to use Sonic.net to send and receive email.
- Download and install the Mozilla Thunderbird from GetThunderbird.com.
First, Thunderbird needs to know if you are setting up a mail or newsgroup account. Select "Email account" and click "Next."
You will be prompted to provide your name and email address. The name you provide here will be displayed to recipients of your outbound mail. Click "next" to continue.
You will be prompted to provide information about the Sonic.net mail servers.
- The incoming mail server is an IMAP server
- The "Incoming Server" is imap.sonic.net
- The "Outgoing Server" is mail.sonic.net
Click "next" to continue.
You will be prompted to provide the user name for your incoming and outgoing mail servers. This is simply your Sonic.net account name. Click "next" to continue.
You will be prompted to provide a name for this set of preferences. By default this will be the email address you provided earlier. Click "next" to continue.
You will be prompted to confirm your settings. Carefully review each entry. If any information here is incorrect, click the "back" button until you are prompted to re-enter the incorrect information. Once you are satisfied that there are no typos, click "finish" to complete the initial setup.
Sonic.net recommends the use of secure connections when retrieving or sending mail. To enable this capability, see the Thunderbird IMAP Settings page. Specifially you will want to enable SSL for incoming mail as shown here and both "user name and password" and "TLS, if available" for outgoing mail, as shown here.
