How to Setup your Computerisms Hosted Email on Thunderbird
If this is your first time starting Thunderbird, it should automatically come up with a Set Up Your Existing Email Account page as shown in the image. If you already have accounts set up and are looking to add another, click on Local Folders in the lefthand menu bar and then Email under "Set Up Another Account"
Enter your Name, Email and Password and click on Continue
Verify that the server settings say the following (replacing domain.tld with your Computerisms hosted domain):
Incoming: IMAP mail.domain.tld SSL/TLS
Outgoing: SMTP mail.domain.tld SSL/TLS
Username: youremailaddress@domain.tld
If everything looks good, hit Done, and your setup should be done! If not, click on Configure manually
Make sure the Hostname for both Incoming and Outgoing Server is set to mail.domain.tld
If you are configuring IMAP, select IMAP under the protocol dropdown in the Incoming server section, select SSL/TLS for Connection Security, use port 993, and Normal Password authentication.
If you are configuring POP3, select POP3 under the protocol dropdown in the Incoming server section, select SSL/TLS for Connection Security, use port 995, and Normal Password authentication. (Note that we do not suggest POP3 setups except in special cases, ask us for more info if needed)
For SMTP, select SSL/TLS, use port 465 and Normal Password authentication.
Make sure that for the Username under both Incoming and Outgoing your full email address is filled in
Click on Re-test, and if you see a message like the one in the green box in the picture, hit Done
Your email is now setup! If you'd like, send a email to yourself to test functionality
Put a check mark beside Offline Support if you want to be able to read this calendar when you are not connected to the internet
Click on Find Calendars and let it search
At this point, Thunderbird will want you to type your password to access the calendar
This is the same password as you use to log into your email account
Select USe Password Manager to remember this password. to allow Thunderbird to save the password for later use (so it doesn't have to prompt you every time the calendar syncs)
Thunderbird should have detected your Calendar and be asking for Calendar Type; You want to select CalDAV for use with our calendar system
If you wish to change anything about the calendar in Thunderbird itself (Name, Colour, Reminder Support, Read Only, etc) click on Properties next to the calendar and edit to your hearts content
Once done, click on Subscribe! Congrats, your calendar has been added to Thunderbird
Shared Address Book
Open your Thunderbird email client, navigate to the main email overview tab (where you see all your emails from various accounts and folders, and select Address Book from the items in the upper row (near Write)
In the upper bar, select File, then New, and then CardDAV Address Book...
Type in your email address into the Username field
The value you need to enter for Location consists of two parts
The Username and Password should be your email address and email password, unless otherwise specified
Click on Sign in and if the password checks out you'll be returned to the main Add a CalDAV Calendar window.
If the addressbook you were trying to access shows up under Available address books in the main New CalDAV window, then it worked. Click on Continue and your address book should now be available under the All Address Books category
