Now that you know something about mail clients, the next step would be tweak the mail client for our needs.
In my previous article, I had discussed regarding different mail clients and how they are different from web mails. This article delves into configuring a mail client specifically Outlook / Outlook express and thunderbird.
Outlook and Outlook Express
1. Click on Tools
2. Click on Email accounts
3. Choose Add a new email account and hit Next
4. Click on Add
5. Choose either POP3 or IMAP and hit Next. More mail hosts provide POP service than the IMAP service. I will be giving out the differences between POP and IMAP in my subsequent article.
6. Provide information like your name, email address, incoming server, outgoing server, username and password. The incoming and outgoing server names, username and password should be provided by your mail host.
7. Hit Next and Finish to finish the configuration.
You can read the email by going to the inbox and hitting Send/Receive All. All the email would get downloaded on to your system and could be viewed anytime even when you are not online.
Mozilla Thunderbird
1. Click on Tools
2. Click on Account Settings
3. Click on the button that says Add a New Account
4. Choose Email account and hit Next
5. Provide your name and Email address and hit Next
6. Choose between POP or IMAP and provide the Incoming Server details and hit Next
7. Provide the username and hit Next
8. Provide an account name to recognize your mail account in case you have multiple mail accounts.
9. Hit Finish after confirming the details as listed.
10. Click on Outgoing server and hit Add.
11. Provide an identification name, Outgoing server details and the username as well. Hit OK when done.
12. Click on OK to close the Account settings dialog box.
13. Click on Get Mail to download all your emails.
Feel free to discuss if you have any queries regarding configuring your mail client even if it isn't Outlook or thunderbird.
