Setting up NETAGO email with Mozilla Thunderbird

This tutorial explains how to set up a NETAGO email account using Mozilla Thunderbird for Windows.

Before you start:
Make sure that you have your username, password, and email address information ready. For the example below, we are using imap.netago.ca as our Incoming (IMAP) Server and smtp.netago.ca as our Outgoing (SMTP) Server. Also, the email account that is being used in this example is the "demo" account, which you can also test via the Webmail interface from the main page of our website.

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
2. On the File menu, choose New and then Account to open the Account Wizard.
   
   
3. Select Email account and click Next.
   
   
4. Enter your display name in the field labeled Your Name.
   Then, type your NETAGO email address in the field labeled Email Address.
   Click Next to continue.
   
5. Select the radio button labeled IMAP.
   Enter imap.netago.ca in the field labeled Incoming Server.
   Enter smtp.netago.ca in the field labeled Outgoing Server.
   Click Next to continue.
   
   
   Note: The field Outgoing Server is only visible during the setup of Mozilla Thunderbird's first email account. If you already have an email account set up, you will not see this field.
   
6. The next screen, User Names, will need to be changed. Confirm that both fields match your full NETAGO email address, and then click Next to continue.
   
   
   Note:If you have already set up an email account, the Outgoing Server field will not be appear.
   
7. Click Next on the Account Name page to accept the default Account Name.
8. Click Finish
9. Immediately after clicking finish, you will be prompted for your password.
   If you'd like to save your password, make sure Use Password Manager to remember this password is checked before click OK to continue.
   
   
   Note: You may see a dialog box describing how the Password Manager works. Click OK to continue.
10. The next step is to configure Mozilla Thunderbird to place messages in the correct folders.
    Right click on the new account in the left window pane, and choose Properties.
    
    
11. In the left pane, click on Copies & Folders.
    Below the check box labeled Place a copy in, choose Other.
    Click on the drop-down arrow to the right of Other, and choose Inbox. A sub-menu should appear, choose Sent Items.
    Below the text Keep message drafts in, choose Other.
    Click on the drop-down arrow to the right of Other, and choose Inbox. A sub-menu should appear again, choose Drafts.
    
    
12. Congratulations! You have completed the setup of Mozilla Thunderbird with the NETAGO email service.

This tutorial was written for and tested with Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5.
However, the procedural steps should also work for future versions of Mozilla Thunderbird.