Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird:

"Thunderbird is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more."

Note: Thunderbird may default to using secure or authenticated connections rather than the normal Port 25 for SMTP, Port 110 for POP3, and Port 143 for IMAP.

Mailtraq provides an ideal email server to use with Mozilla Thunderbird.

POP3

Mailtraq Essential and Mailtraq Professional both provide a POP3 service on the standard Port 110 that you can use to collect email with Thunderbird, and an SMTP service so that you can send mail.

IMAP

Mailtraq Professional also provides an IMAP service on the standard Port 143 that you can use to collect email with Thunderbird, and an SMTP service so that you can send mail.

PalmSync extension

The PalmSync extension for Mozilla Thunderbird (TB) provides a conduit to synchronize your TB address book with the Address application on your Palm OS® device.

Read more: http://kb.mozillazine.org/PalmSync_-_Thunderbird

Configuring Mailtraq

POP3

Mailtraq starts the POP3 service automatically when you install Mailtraq. 
If you want to also access POP3 from outside the LAN you will have to open any firewall on Port 110. If you are using a router you will need to set the port forwarding/NAT so that Port 110 traffic is passed to the Mailtraq machine. Thunderbird will then be able to collect mail from your mailbox in Mailtraq from any location.

IMAP

IMAP is available in Mailtraq Professional editions and can easily be added to the basic services that Mailtraq provides at start up.

In the Mailtraq Console go to Options | Services,
and when the Service Manger opens
 Add - Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

SMTP

Mailtraq starts the SMTP service automatically when you install Mailtraq. 
If you also want to send mail from Thunderbird when you are outside your LAN you will need to set the Relay access on the SMTP service - otherwise Mailtraq will reject the messages you are trying to send. This is explained below.

Configuring Thunderbird

POP3 Account - (Tools - Account Settings - Server Settings)

Server Type: POP3 Server
Server name: [enter the public IP address or URL of your machine running Mailtraq]
User name: [enter your User name in Mailtraq]
Thunderbird will ask you for the account password on connection

Outgoing Server (SMTP):
Server name: [enter the public IP address or URL of your machine running Mailtraq]
User name: [enter your User name in Mailtraq]
Thunderbird will ask you for the account password on connection

IMAP Account - (Tools - Account Settings - Server Settings)

Server Type: IMAP Mail Server
IMAP4 Server: [enter the public IP address or URL of your machine running Mailtraq]
User name: [enter your User name in Mailtraq]
Thunderbird will ask you for the account password on connection

Outgoing Server (SMTP):
Server name: [enter the public IP address or URL of your machine running Mailtraq]
User name: [enter your User name in Mailtraq]
Thunderbird will ask you for the account password on connection

To configure the Mailtraq SMTP service for use outside your LAN

In order to send mail with Thunderbird from outside your LAN, Mailtraq has to be set up to allow relaying of emails but not become an 'open-relay'.

Follow the instructions for Remote Users