Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free Email client from the people that brought you Firefox. It’s fast, secure, and supports extensive plug-ins that add additional functionality. Thunderbird works under Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. These instructions are for version 2.0

If you are opening Thunderbird for the first time, the new account setup screen will come up automatically. Otherwise, select Account Settings.. from the Tools menu. Click the Add Account… button.

Select the Email account button if it isn’t already selected, then click Continue.

Enter the name and email address you want to appear on your outgoing email:

Click continue, then choose if you want to use POP or IMAP. (see this tech note if you are unsure what to choose_

In either case, the server is mail.lmi.net for both Incoming and Outgoing Server

NOTE: If you are setting up a POP account, the Global Inbox option will appear. If you have multiple POP accounts setup in Thunderbird, you can click this option to have messages from each POP account show up in the same Inbox.

Now click Continue…

Your incoming user name is the actual server login name, not your full email address. After entering this, click Continue…

The Account name is the label by which this email account is titled. By default, it will be your email address, but you can enter any label you wish.

Click Continue and you will see a summary of your account settings. That’s it!

One other note: Some ISPs block access to SMTP servers outside their own network. If you are not using LMi for internet access, and have trouble sending mail, you may need to change the Outgoing server port in Thunderbird. See this tech note for details