To configure Thunderbird (windows):

THESE INSTRUCTIONS ASSUME YOU USE VZINET to CONNECT to the internet and BOTH your incoming and outgoing servers say mail.vzinet.com. 

IF YOUR PC DOES NOT CONNECT through VZINET OR your incoming or outgoing mail servers are NOT mail.vzinet.com - make a note of everything your email client says!  If you change the wrong field for another email provider or ISP provider, we can not help you resolve that!  The best suggestion is to write down the information before you change it.  You would typically ONLY need to change the information relative to mail.vzinet.com.

1. Open Thunderbird
2. Click the 'Tools' menu, and select 'Accounts Settings'
3. Select Server Settings from the folder list on the left side, it is below your email account.
4. On the right side, modify the incoming server name to pop.gmail.com AND
   Update the Port value to 995.
5. In the next section, Security Settings , select SSL from the Use secure connection options.
    
6. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the folder list on the left - (should be at the bottom).
7. Select the  (Default) entry from the list and click Edit. The SMTP Server page appears.
8. Change the Server Name to smtp.gmail.com and set the Port to 465 (or if it fails, 587)
   Dot SSL at the bottom
   
   Click OK to save your changes and exit the Account Settings dialog.
    
9. You may be asked to re-enter your password the first time you send or receive email - just type in the password as we've indicated to you in previous correspondence!

Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve messages.