---
title: "Setting up an email in Mozilla Thunderbird"
canonical_url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb/setting-up-mozilla-thunderbird/"
post_type: "ht_kb"
published: "2013-12-19T03:08:30+00:00"
modified: "2026-02-19T14:02:29+00:00"
language: "en"
author: "Gustav"
taxonomies:
  ht_kb_category:
    - name: "E-mail programs"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-categories/e-mail-programs-en/"
  ht_kb_tag:
    - name: "Email"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/e-post-eng/"
    - name: "Thunderbird"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/thunderbird/"
---

# Setting up an email in Mozilla Thunderbird

Zone has various email servers in use based on geographic location. To get the appropriate guide for your account, please enter your email address or domain name and click the `Check` button.

 CheckFollowing settings are compatible with you email account:

- Encrypted connection: **SSL**, **SSL/TLS** or **STARTTLS**
- Incoming mail server i.e **IMAP** server: **imap.nl.zone.eu** port **993**
- Incoming mail server i.e **POP3** server: **pop3.nl.zone.eu** port **995**
- Outgoing mail server i.e **SMTP** server: **smtp.nl.zone.eu** port **465 SSL/TLS** or **587 STARTTLS**

Following settings are compatible with you email account:

- Encrypted connection: **SSL**, **SSL/TLS** or **STARTTLS**
- Incoming mail server i.e **IMAP** server: **imap.zone.eu** port **993**
- Incoming mail server i.e **POP3** server: **pop3.zone.eu** port **995**
- Outgoing mail server i.e **SMTP** server: **smtp.zone.eu** port **465 SSL/TLS** or **587 STARTTLS**

Outgoing mail server requires authentication (username is email address, password is general or device specific).

**1. The first step** is to select `Email` from the `Accounts` menu when opening Thundebird.

[![Mozilla thunderbird setup](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb1.png)](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb1.png)

**2.** **Next**, enter your or **account name** in the first field, the **e-mail address** you are setting in the second field, and the **password** for the e-mail address in the last one. After entering the data, click the `Continue`.

[![Mozilla thunderbird setup](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb2.png)](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb2.png)

**3.** Now the **settings configuration** window opens. If all the information is correct, click the `Done` button and the account is ready for use.

[![Mozilla thunderbird setup](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb3.png)](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb3.png)

**4.** If Thunderbird **was unable to detect the data automatically**, in the last step of the automatic setup window, click on `Manual confirgation` option:

![Mozilla thunderbird setup](https://www.zone.eu/static/sites/5/tb4.png)

In this window, check that the account data are as follows:

- `Connection security`: **SSL**/**TLS** or **STARTTLS**
- `Incoming` or **IMAP** server: **imap.nl.zone.eu** port **993**
- `Outgoing` or **SMTP** server: **smtp.nl.zone.eu** port **465** or **587**

Outgoing mail server requires authentication (username is email address, password is general or device specific).