Setting Up Thunderbird

Thunderbird is an open-source, standards-compliant email program available from Mozilla. Thunderbird works with all of our servers and we recommend it.

Make sure you have all the information you need to set up your account. If you don't, contact HIS Support.
You will need to know:

• Your real name.
• Your full email address i.e. john@his.com.
• Your user name (this is your FULL email address, i.e. john@his.com).
• Your password.
• The address of your mail server (mail.his.com).

HIS Server Settings

• Incoming Server Name: mail.his.com (IMAP port 993 SSL/TLS)
• Outgoing Server Name: mail.his.com (SMTP port 587 STARTTLS or SMTP port 465 SSL/TLS)
• Authentication Method: Normal Password

First Time Set Up

These steps will guide you through the process of setting up your HIS account in Thunderbird.

1. Open Thunderbird
2. If you see the Import Wizard window, choose Don't import anything. Click Next.
3. Next, you will see the Mail Account Setup window.
   

   Note: If you don't see the Mail Account Setup window (i.e., if you've previously set up another account in Thunderbird), click the Tools menu, and then click Account Settings. 
   Below the left panel, click Account Actions, and then click Add Mail Account to get to the Mail Account Setup window.

4. Enter your name, full email address, and password.
5. Make sure the Remember Password  box is checked. Click Manual Config.

   

6. You will see the Server Settings window. Ensure that the settings match the Incoming Server column in the "HIS Server Settings" above. It should looks like this:

Then, use the following settings for your deletion preferences:

1. Under When I delete a message, choose Just mark it as deleted.
2. Check Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit (recommended).
3. Check Empty Trash on Exit (recommended).

Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the left panel, and then click Edit. Change the settings to match the Outgoing column in the table above. Click OK. Click OK again.

Upgrading from a previous version of Thunderbird, and I've set up my HIS account before

After you upgrade Thunderbird, verify that the server settings are correct:

1. From the Tools menu, click Account Settings.
2. Click Server Settings under your HIS email address.
3. Verify that your settings match the Incoming Server settings in the table above. Change the settings if necessary.
4. Verify your deletion preferences, or use the following settings:
   1. Under When I delete a message, choose Just mark it as deleted.
   2. Check Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit (recommended).
   3. Check Empty Trash on Exit (recommended).
5. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the left panel, and then click Edit.
6. Verify that your settings match the Outgoing column in the table above.
7. Click OK.
8. Click OK again.