Thunderbird for Desktop and Thundermail

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NOTE: Thunderbird Pro is currently in its Early Bird release and available by invitation only. To learn more and join the waitlist, visit our website. We’ll be opening Thunderbird Pro to the public once the Early Bird release concludes.

Configure Thundermail for Thunderbird Desktop

NOTE: Thunderbird Pro requires the latest ESR or monthly release. We recommend the latest monthly release version of Thunderbird, which is documented in: New in Thunderbird Desktop.
  1. Click the Thunderbird menu > Add Account (New Account for older versions of Thunderbird) > Email.
  2. Enter your Thundermail email address and follow the prompts to set up your Thundermail email account. And for versions older than 150, please click the Connect button next to Thundermail Address Book and the Connect button next to Thundermail Calendar to ensure your Thundermail address book and calendar are added to Thunderbird.

Thunderbird should have automatically added your Thundermail email in account settings, a CalDAV calendar called Thundermail Calendar in your Thunderbird calendar space (press Alt + 3Ctrl + 3), and a CardDAV address book called Thundermail Address Book in your address book space (press Alt + 2Ctrl + 2) to check). If any of those are missing, please try changing the settings to those in the manual settings sections below, and please create a Thunderbird Pro support ticket if you have any issues.

Manual Settings

If Thunderbird failed to add the expected items or you need to adjust them, please try manually changing the settings by following the instructions in the sections below. If manual setup fails, please create a Thunderbird Pro support ticket.

Receiving Email

  1. Switch to your Thundermail account: Thunderbird app menu > Account Settings.
  2. In the left sidebar, click on your Thundermail email account. For example: nemo@thundermail.com. Then, click on the chevron “>” to expand the drop down menu. Finally, click on Server Settings and set the following values:
  • Server Name: mail.thundermail.com Server Port: 993
  • Security: SSL/TLS
  • Username: your full Thundermail email address e.g. nemo@thundermail.com
  • Authentication method: OAuth2

Sending Email

  1. Switch to your Thundermail account: Thunderbird app menu > Account Settings.
  2. In the left sidebar, click on your Thundermail email account. For example nemo@thundermail.com. Click on Edit outgoing server… and set the following values:
  • Server Name: mail.thundermail.com
  • Server Port: 465 Connection Security: SSL/TLS
  • Username: your full Thundermail email address For example: nemo@thundermail.com
  • Authentication method: OAuth2

Thundermail Calendar

  1. Click Thunderbird app menu > Add Account (New Account for older versions of Thunderbird) > Calendar > On the Network.
  2. For Username:, enter your Thundermail email address. For example nemo@thundermail.com.
  3. For Location, enter mail.thundermail.com.
  4. Click Find Calendars.
  5. In the Create New Calendar dialog, select your Thundermail calendar and click Subscribe.

Thundermail Address Book

  1. Click Thunderbird app menu > Add Account (New Account for older versions of Thunderbird) > Address Book (New Address Book for older versions of Thunderbird) > Add remote Address Book (New remote Address Book for older versions of Thunderbird).
  2. For Username:, enter your Thundermail email address. For example nemo@thundermail.com.
  3. For URL/Hostname, enter https://mail.thundermail.com.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Select your Thundermail Address Book and click Continue.

Custom Domain catch-all and custom aliases

How to setup Thunderbird Desktop for custom domains in Thundermail:

Send and receive email with Thundermail custom domain aliases using Thunderbird identities

For every custom domain alias you create in Thundermail, you will have to create a new identity in Thunderbird in order to send email with that alias. Here's how using our example custom domain glamroc.com, our example Thundermail address of roc@thundermail.com, and custom domain alias of roc@glamroc.com:

  1. Click Thunderbird app menu > Account Settings > Click on the thundermail.com account in the left sidebar which in our example is: roc@thundermail.com > Manage Identities…" > Add….
  2. Add your custom domain alias e.g. roc@glamroc.com by filling in the New Identity form, and then click OK when you are done.
  3. If you want this to be the default identity when composing new email, click on the new identity, and then click on Set Default and Close.

Now the custom domain alias, roc@glamroc.com is the default identity when writing new email and you can send and receive email on both roc@thundermail.com and roc@glamroc.com by selecting the appropriate identity.

Send and reply to email using a Thundermail catch-all alias

Send Thundermail, use your Thundermail Calendar and Thundermail Address Book, and have some fun!