GigaNet Mail (Win) - Configuring Mozilla / Thunderbird for POP

This document explains how to configure Mozilla / Thunderbird to use POP with GigaNet Mail.

IMPORTANT:

These procedures have been written for the latest version of this client. If you have problems configuring your client, please update your software to the latest version before contacting the Help Desk.

Open Mozilla Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.
If this is the first time you've opened Thunderbird, you may be prompted to Import Settings and Mail folders from.... Press Cancel to continue configuring.
If you do not have any mail accounts configured, you will be prompted to create one. At the New Account Setup window, press Cancel and then Exit to begin using Thunderbird.
Pull down Tools and go into Account Settings... if you are configuring Thunderbird for the first time you will see an empty Outgoing Server (SMTP) page.
Enter an arbitrary descriptor for the outgoing server, and set the Server Name to mail.giganetwireless.com OR if you have a .net email address use mail.giganetwireless.net, leave the box marked Use name and password unchecked, and change the secure connection to TLS, and as default the port is 25.
Next, click Add Account... to start configuring your GigaNet Mail account.
Select Email account and press Next
Enter Your Name, this should be your full name as you would like it to appear on messages you send.
Enter your Email Address. This is the address that your recipients' email program will use to reply to your messages, and then click Next.
Select POP, and set the Incoming Server to mail.giganetwireless.com OR if you have a .net email address use mail.giganetwireless.net, uncheck the box marked Use Global Inbox to keep your GigaNet Mail messages seperate from any other POP accounts and press Next
Ensure that your Incoming User Name is set as your entire email address in this exact format (username+giganetwireless.com) OR if you have a .net email address use username+giganetwireless.net, and press Next
You can set the Account Name to anything you like to be displpayed locally in your email client, and press Next
Thunderbird will then Congratulate you and show you a summary of your account, press Finish to continue configuring your account
Your GigaNet Mail account is now configured to check and send mail. To load your mailboxes, click on the folder titled Inbox underneath your email address and enter your password.

DONE