Thunderbird for Mac

  1. Open Thunderbird, click on the word Tools across the top then click Account Settings .

  2. A new window will appear, click on the Add Account... button on the bottom left.

  3. Put the bullet in Email account. Click Continue.

  4. Type your name in the Your Name field. Type your E-mail address in the E-mail address field, click Continue.

  5. Put the bulleted choice in POP and type in mail.digis.net in the Incoming Server field. The customer can choose to uncheck the Use Gloabal Inbox choice if they would like to. Click Continue.

  6. The Incoming User Name is the customer's email address. Click Continue.

  7. The Account Name is whatever the customer would like to call this account. In this example it is named Digis. Click Continue.

  8. Click Done.

  9. Now we need to setup SMTP Authentication. Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP) on the left. Click Add.

  10. Enabling SMTP Authentication:

    Description: mail.digis.net     Server Name: mail.digis.net     Put a checkmark in Use name and password. Set the username to be the customer's email address. Click OK.     You must put a checkmark in Use name and password to enable SMTP Authentication. SMTP authentication is required to send e-mail.  Without this enabled, you cannot send e-mail.  SMTP authentication authenticates your account on the server.

  11. Click OK. You have successfully setup your mail account.