To configure Thunderbird 2.0 for your Aloha Broadband email address:
- Open Thunderbird.
- Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings…
- Click the Add Account… button to launch Account Wizard.
- Select Email account and click Next.
- Fill in the necessary fields to include the following information:
Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter your full email address in the format ‘username@alohabroadband.net .’
- Select POP as the type of incoming server you’re using and enter the server information as follows, then click Next (Note: enter the server names provided, don’t add your domain name in this step):
Incoming Server: pop.gmail.com
Outgoing Server: smtp.gmail.com
- Enter your full email address in the format ‘username@alohabroadband.net’ in both the Incoming User Name: and Outgoing User Name: fields, then click Next.
- Name your account in the Account Name: field, if desired. Click Next, then click Finish.
- On the Server Settings tab in the Account Settings window, do the following:
- Change the Port: to ‘995’
- Under User secure connection:, select SSL
- Verify that the box next to Leave messages on server is unchecked, then click OK.
Congratulations! You’re done configuring your client to send and retrieve Google Apps email messages.

