Mozilla Thunderbird v24 - Alternate Port - Setup Guide

Important Points

  • First you need to make sure the email address(es) you will be sending from have been authorised for your account in our Control Panel .
  • These instructions assume your email account has already been setup and is collecting email correctly.
  • Take a note of any settings you change.
  • Only change the items specified - do not change your email address or incoming email settings.
  • We have instructions for both default SMTP port and alternate SMTP port configurations - alternate port is generally used if your ISP blocks the normal port 25 SMTP access (as many do these days!).

Step One

  • Load Mozilla Thunderbird v24 by clicking the desktop icon or selecting from the Start Menu
Thunderbird v24 - Start - Open Thunderbird Program
  • From the main screen click on your account / email address in the left-hand column and then select 'Views settings for this account'
Thunderbird v24 - Step 1 - Go the Tools menu and click Accounts Settings
  • Alternatively go to the 'Tools' menu on the top bar and choose 'Account Settings'

Step Two

  • Select 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' in the left-hand column
Thunderbird v24 - Step 2 - Click Outgoing Server SMTP and then click Add..

Step Three

  • Click 'Add...'
Thunderbird v24 - Step 3 - Click Add account
  • Enter 'AuthSMTP' as the description
  • Enter the 'Server name' as the SMTP server we supplied with your signup email (typically mail.authsmtp.com)
  • Enter the 'Port' as '2525'
  • Set 'Connection Security' to 'None'
  • Set 'Authentication Method' to 'Encrypted Password'
  • Enter the AuthSMTP username (it will ask for your password when you first go to send a message)
  • IMPORTANT: 'username' is an example - if your AuthSMTP username was'ab12345' enter it as only that
  • Click 'Ok'
Thunderbird v24 - Step 3 - Enter AuthSMTP as Description, enter AuthSMTP's outgoing mail server, set port 25 and then enter your AuthSMTP username, use secure connection should be set to No and then click OK

Step Four

  • You now have a separate SMTP account setup using the AuthSMTP service
  • You may wish to set this as the default SMTP server by selecting it and then clicking 'Set Default'
  • Click 'OK'
Thunderbird v24 - Step 4 - Set AuthSMTP as default SMTP server
  • If you do set as default you will need to set all your accounts to use the 'Default' SMTP server
Thunderbird v24 - Step 5 - SMTP mail replay service setup completed
  • If you only want to use it on a specific account you will need to configure them individually
  • Click 'OK'

Step Five

  • You should now be back to the main Thunderbird v24 screen
  • Close Thunderbird v24 and then reload
  • Check you are online then test to ensure you can send mail correctly
  • It will prompt you for your AuthSMTP password the first time you try to send email
  • All done!