Guide to add Kindergarten email to Thunderbird

Guide was written for Thunderbird 68.7.0 on Windows 10

Launch the Thunderbird, Select the three horizontal lines in the top right hand corner, and click Options.

Then click Account Settings

Click Account Actions, then Add Mail Account in the bottom left hand corner

Fill in Your Name, Email address, Password, and click Manual Config in the bottom left hand corner

Under Incoming server

Select POP/IMAP

Set the server hostname to mail.kindergarten.vic.gov.au

Leave the port as it is / let it change automatically

Change SSL to ‘SSL/TLS‘

Set ‘Authentication‘ to ‘Normal Password‘

Under Outgoing server

Set the server hostname to mail.kindergarten.vic.gov.au

Set the port to 587

Change SSL to ‘STARTTLS‘

Set ‘Authentication’ to ‘Normal Password‘

Under Username

Username, ensure that both incoming and outgoing are your full email address (.e.g. your.full.email@kindergarten.vic.gov.au)

Click Done.

Congratulations! Your kindergarten email account has been set up on Thunderbird.