Please note: When sending mail from a third-party mail client, your copy of the message will be saved in your Sent folder as encrypted, even if the message is sent as non-encrypted. By default, any mail sent via SMTP from a third-party mail program will be sent as non-encrypted, unless the recipient is a Hushmail customer or has previously set a passphrase for receiving encrypted email.
POP & IMAP are available only to Hushmail Premium with Desktop Access. All Hushmail Business accounts come with POP & IMAP included.
Set up Thunderbird to work with Hushmail (POP)
You can download Mozilla Thunderbird for free.
- From the Tools menu, select Account Settings, then click Account Actions, and finally click Add Mail Account.
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Type your name, email address and passphrase in to the space provided.
When you have finished entering your account information, click Continue.
- After Thunderbird detects your account settings, select POP3 (keep mail on your computer), then click Manual config.
(Please note: if you are using your own domain, you may receive a message that Thunderbird cannot find your server settings automatically. Simply click "Manual Config", and enter in the settings shown below) - Enter your account information as shown below.
Incoming: POP3
Server hostname: pop.hushmail.com
Port: 995
SSL: SSL/TLSOutgoing: SMTP
Server hostname: smtp.hushmail.com
Port: 465
SSL: SSL/TLS
Username: your full Hushmail email address - When you have finished, click Done. If Done is greyed out, you may need to click Re-test first.
Troubleshooting
If you're having trouble sending mail, please try again with the alternate SMTP server settings shown below:
Alternate SMTP server
Server hostname: smtp.hushmail.com
Port: 587
SSL: SSL/TLS
To use an alternate SMTP server:
- From the Tools menu, select Account Settings, then select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the list on the left
- Click on Edit and change your server settings as directed above. When done, click OK.