Setting up your Mid North Coast Internet email in Mozilla Thunderbird

Do you need help setting up Mid North Coast Internet email in Mozilla Thunderbird? By following these simple steps, you can get your Mid North Coast Internet email up-and-running in Mozilla Thunderbird in no time at all!

If you're still having difficulty getting your email client set-up, you can always call Mid North Coast Internet support on 1300 134 638.


Step 1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird and click the Menu button in the top right corner.


Step 2. Once the menu appears, select "Options" then "Account Settings".


Step 3. Click the Account Actions drop-down in the bottom left corner, then click "Add Mail Account...".


Step 4.

  • Enter your name as you would like it to be displayed in the "Your name" field.
  • Enter your full email address in the "Email address" field.
  • Enter the password for your email account in the "Password" field.
Once you've entered this information, click Continue.

Step 5.

  • For the Incoming Server, set the Server Type to IMAP4, hostname to mail.midcoast.com.au, Port to 143, SSL to SSL/TLS, and Authentication to Autodetect.
  • For the Outgoing Server,set the hostname to mail.midcoast.com.au, Port to 587, SSL to SSL/TLS, and Authentication to Autodetect.
  • Finally, enter your full email address eg. you@midcoast.com.au in both the Incoming and Outgoing Username fields.