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How to Set Up Hostinger Email on Mozilla Thunderbird

Setting up your Hostinger Email account on Mozilla Thunderbird

Updated over a year ago

To set up Hostinger Email on Mozilla Thunderbird automatically, follow this article.

To set up Hostinger Email on Mozilla Thunderbird manually, make sure that:

  1. You have created an email account with Hostinger Email

  2. Your domain is pointed to Hostinger

  3. The correct Hostinger Email MX records are added to your domain's DNS zone

Then, proceed with the steps below 👇

Step 1 – Gather the Hostinger Email Account Details

Gather the configuration details of your email account:

IMAP (incoming)

POP3 (incoming)

SMTP (outgoing)

Host: imap.hostinger.com

Encryption: SSL

Port number: 993

Host: pop.hostinger.com

Encryption: SSL

Port number: 995

Host: smtp.hostinger.com

Encryption: SSL

Port number: 465

If you're not completely sure about your email password, you can easily reset it.

Step 2 – Set Up Hostinger Email on Mozilla Thunderbird

First, make sure you have the Mozilla Thunderbird application installed on your device.

Then, add a new email account by following this article. Fill in the information about the incoming and outgoing server, port, and encryption (SSL) according to your type of email. For the username, insert the full email address, including the domain name. The window with SMTP and IMAP settings will look like this:

Setting up Hostinger Email on Mozilla Thunderbird

That's it! Your new email account will appear on the left of the main Thunderbird application window 😊

Troubleshooting

Most errors are related to having entered incorrect parameters into your email client. In those cases, it is highly recommended to reset your password and re-enter the parameters one more time, making sure that the IMAP or POP3 and SMTP settings match with those from the table above.

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