{"id":18353,"date":"2026-09-29T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/thunderbird-ssl-email-settings\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T19:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:52:41","password":"","slug":"thunderbird-ssl-email-settings","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/thunderbird-ssl-email-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up Thunderbird to Use a Secure (SSL\/TLS) Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"
In short:<\/strong> In Thunderbird open Account Settings, then Server Settings, set the server name to mail.yourdomain.com and Connection security to SSL\/TLS (port 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP3). Then open Outgoing Server (SMTP), edit your server, choose SSL\/TLS and port 465, and save.<\/div>\n

Follow these steps to make Thunderbird use an encrypted connection with your email.<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Open Thunderbird<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Thunderbird\"<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Under Accounts<\/strong>, click View settings for this account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> On the left, click Server Settings<\/strong> under the email account you want to change. Make sure the Server Name<\/strong> is mail.yourdomain.com<\/strong>, choose SSL\/TLS<\/strong> for Connection security<\/strong> (the port changes to 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP3), and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Thunderbird<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong> From the settings list, choose Outgoing Server (SMTP)<\/strong>, select your server and click Edit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Edit<\/p>\n

Step 5:<\/strong> Set Connection security<\/strong> to SSL\/TLS<\/strong>, change the port to 465<\/strong>, and click OK<\/strong> to save.<\/p>\n

\"Outgoing<\/p>\n

Step 6:<\/strong> Send and receive a test message to make sure everything works.<\/p>\n

For other email programs, see Outlook email settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related service:<\/strong> Hyyat Host business hosting<\/a> gives you your website plus unlimited email accounts on your domain from $77\/year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In short: In Thunderbird open Account Settings, then Server Settings, set the server name to mail.yourdomain.com and Connection security to SSL\/TLS (port 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP3). Then open Outgoing Server (SMTP), edit your server, choose SSL\/TLS and port 465, and save. Follow these steps to make Thunderbird use an encrypted connection with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2738],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18353","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-e-mail"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":182,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ahmed fathy","author_nicename":"ahmed-fathy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/author\/ahmed-fathy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"E-mail","term_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/kb\/e-mail\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=18353"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}