Thunderbird setup

A short, friendly guide to get your MYINBX email working in Thunderbird.

  1. Install Thunderbird
    Download and install Thunderbird from https://www.thunderbird.net .
  2. Set up your existing account
    During the initial run Thunderbird will offer Set Up Your Existing Account. Choose that option and enter your name, email and password.
    Important: the Username must be your MYINBX account number.
    Thunderbird initial account setup
    Initial setup — fill in name, email and password.
  3. Incoming / Outgoing server settings
    Choose IMAP, STARTTLS, Normal password, and set the username. Press Re-test to let Thunderbird probe the server.
    Thunderbird server settings
    Thunderbird auto-detected incoming and outgoing server settings.
  4. Finish
    Press Done to complete the email setup.
  5. Enable end-to-end encryption (OpenPGP / GPG)
    1. Open Thunderbird → Account Settings → End-to-End Encryption.
    2. Import your private key, or click Add Key to create one.
    3. Export the public key.
      4. Export public key
      Export your public key from Thunderbird.
    4. Open the exported file and copy the full ASCII-armored block (-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----).
      5. Copy public key
      Copy the public key from the exported file.
    5. Go to MYINBX.EU, login at "account" and go to Manage GPG key at rest. Paste the public key and save changes.
      6. Paste public key into myinbx
      Paste the public key into Myinbx to enable encryption at rest.
  6. What this achieves
    From now on, even unencrypted incoming mail will be stored encrypted at rest using your public key. To read stored messages, your private key must be present in Thunderbird.

    Important: back up your private key securely. Losing it means losing access to encrypted messages.