Here’s how to set up Thunderbird to automatically fetch email.
- Open Thunderbird
- Click on ‘Tools’ > ‘Account Settings’
- Click on ‘Add account’
- Click on ‘Email account’
- Click on ‘Next’
Account settings
- Enter your name under ‘Your name’ (it will be shown to others)
- Enter your full email address under ‘Email address’
- Enter the corresponding password under ‘Password’
- Click on ‘Next’
- For ‘Incoming mail server type’, choose POP or IMAP
- Enter ‘Incoming server’: mail.uwdomeinnaam.nl (replace ‘uwdomeinnaam.nl’ with your own domain name)
- Enter ‘Outgoing server’ in the following form: mail.uwdomeinnaam.nl (replace ‘uwdomeinnaam.nl’ with your own domain name)
- Click on ‘Next’
- Enter your full email address under ‘Incoming username’
- Enter your full email address under ‘Outgoing username’
- Click on ‘Next’
- Enter your full email address under ‘Account name’
- Click on ‘Next’
- The configuration is complete
