Adding a New Account in Mozilla Thunderbird

Adding a New Account

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform Email and news cent developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

To add a new account in Mozilla Thunderbird, please follow the steps below:

1. In Mozilla Thunderbird, select Tools > Account Settings, and then click the "Add Account" button at the bottom of the screen.

   

2. Select "Email account" and click Next.

   

3. Enter your name and Email address

   

4. Use these settigns to configure your email address:

   • Select "IMAP" as the type of incoming server you are using. Your incoming server is imap.charter.net. Click Next

5. Enter your Email address for the "Incoming User Name," and "Outgoing User Name." Click Next.
   Note: When changing your Email password on Charter.net you must also change it in Mozilla Thunderbird

   

6. Enter a name for your Email account and click Next.

   

7. Verify your account information and click Finish.

POP & IMAP Settings

These settings should be applied to your Desktop Computers. Your mobile devices (including laptops) should use these settings.

• Server Type: IMAP
• Incoming Mail server: IMAP.charter.net
• Port: 143
• Outgoing Mail Server: SMTP.charter.net
• Port: 25

Switching from POP to IMAP

To prevent losing your Email or Email folders when switching from POP settings to IMAP:

If you had "Leave messages on server" enabled since initial Charter.net Email setup, follow these steps:

1. Create an imap enabled account for the Email address you want to switch to within same Email client. (Most modern Email clients can have both a POP enabled and IMAP enabled mailbox/account that share the same account credentials)
2. Delete your pop mailbox account from the Email client

If you did NOT have "Leave messages on server" enabled since initial Charter.net Email setup or unsure, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that you have the option "Leave messages on server" checked in your account settings on your Email client.  This setting should be available under "advanced settings" or something similar, depending on the client.
2. If you have the option to disable Send/Receive in your Email client, disable it to ensure no new messages are delivered to the POP enabled mailbox/account.
3. Create an imap enabled account for the Email address you want to switch to within same Email client.  (Most modern Email clients can have both a POP enabled and IMAP enabled mailbox/account that share the same account credentials)
4. Move messages and/or folders by creating a storage or data folder (Outlook calls these PST), then drag and drop the messages/folders you wish to keep into the new folder.
5. When you have moved over all of your Emails/Folders you can delete your pop mailbox

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