How do I add my email account to Thunderbird?

This how-to shows you how to add an email account to the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. You'll need your Synfinaty email address and password to complete it. It's a straight forward process that takes around three minutes to complete.

First, click Tools, Account Settings and then 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)'. You'll get the following box pop up for you to complete:

Enter the details as above, replacing the 'User Name' field with your own email address. Once you've completed this, then click OK. Now click on 'Add Account', and you will be prompted with the following wizard:

Enter the incoming mail server as above. If you plan on adding more email accounts later, it is suggested that you uncheck 'Use Global Inbox' so that each email account effectively is better organised. Once you've completed this part of the wizard, click Next.

Give this email account a memorable name. 'Home Mail', 'my@email.com' and 'Website Mail' would all be fine. If you have multiple email accounts added, it makes it easier to distinguish between each is the account you're looking at.

Next, you'll be shown a review of the settings you entered which should resemble something like the following:

Now, click the 'Get Mail' button, and you'll be prompted with a box to enter your password. Check 'Use Password Manager to remember this password' if you want to.

That's it, job done. Your email should be working fine. Send a test message to us if you wish to and we'll reply if we get it (which we should do!).