If you’ve just purchased a new domain and have email through your hosting solution, ThunderBird is an excellent option for an email client. The following steps detail how to set up ThunderBird with your new email account.

1. Download and Install ThunderBird.
2. Once installed, open ThunderBird. The first time you open the application, it will give you a popup with details to fill out a new account. Enter your name as you would like recipients to see it, your email address, and the password given to you by your hosting account. Make sure to click Advanced… and select Global Inbox and check Include this server when getting new mail.
   
3. ThunderBird will then attempt to locate the email settings for your account. Make sure that what it finds matches what your hosting provider gave you for Incoming and Outgoing email details. Then click Create Account.
4. If you have any problems, you can also click Manual Configuration or go to Tools > Account Settings
5. In Account Settings you can click on Server Settings to configure the Incoming email settings
   
   
6. And click on Outgoing Server (SMTP) for Outbound email. You may need to use secure email. If so, enter your username (sometimes the same as your email).
   
   
7. That should be it. Click Get Mail. It may ask you for your password. And then should successfully get any email. Also try sending an email to yourself and to another email account.
8. Future articles will discuss Mail Filters and other advanced usage of ThunderBird.

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