1) Open Thunderbird then click on Tools and select Account Settings.

2) Click on Account Actions and select Add Mail Account.

3) Enter your name, your Hover email address, and your email password then click on Continue.

4) Thunderbird will try to auto configure the account settings. The orange status lights indicate that a test connection failed. Click on the Edit button.

5) The following settings need to be entered:

Username: enter your full Hover email address
Incoming: mail.domain.com
Outgoing: mail.domain.com

Select IMAP after the Incoming mail server name.

Incoming port number: 993
Outgoing port number: 465

Incoming security: SSL/TLS
Outgoing security: SSL/TLS

6) Once these settings have been entered, click on the Re-test Configuration button.

7) The configuration test was successful, as indicated by the green lights. Click on Create Account.

8) The account configuration has been completed. Click OK.

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