# Getting Godaddy/Microsoft Exchange email on Thunderbird **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 16, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340 "2022-10-16T19:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340/1 "2022-10-16T19:53:46Z")
For several years now I’ve been getting email sent to my Godaddy domain on Thunderbird. But Godaddy has changed and now requires the user to get email through Microsoft Exchange. I know I should be able to get my email still through Thunderbird, but my feeble elderly brain can’t figure out how to do so. I obviously have a username and password for the Godaddy domain. I also have an [outlook.com](http://outlook.com) email and password. Do I need anything else? How the heck do I set up Thunderbird to continue to get my email? Please explain it as you would to a five-year-old. I’m thinking that’s _probably_ not too advanced for me. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340/2 "2022-10-17T03:16:37Z")
I hate to start with the seemingly easy part but it is worth knowing if you have tried the below. Also, what error messages are you getting? I’d be surprised if GoDaddy was somehow restricting email to MS-Exchange servers (which most people will not have). Not even sure that is possible. - [Manually configure email set up on Thunderbird](https://www.godaddy.com/help/manually-configure-email-set-up-on-thunderbird-28020) - [Add my Workspace Email to Thunderbird](https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-my-workspace-email-to-thunderbird-4878) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340/3 "2022-10-17T03:28:38Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’d be surprised if GoDaddy was somehow restricting email to MS-Exchange servers (which most people will not have). Not even sure that is possible. If there really is an issue, I wouldn’t expect it to be any sort of blocking, so much as some sort of incompatibility with some encryption standards on the Exchange server and Thunderbird. That said, I would think that would be remedied by making sure you have the latest version of Thunderbird. I suspect it’s just a matter of getting the right settings. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340/4 "2022-10-17T04:08:07Z")
Does GoDaddy do something different for email than SMTP? Maybe you are right and they are doing some unique encryption. I dunno. I cannot find any talk about this on a quick Google search (admittedly I did not try very hard). ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-godaddy-microsoft-exchange-email-on-thunderbird/973340/5 "2022-10-17T08:01:19Z")
You may have to configure you email server using the godaddy website ? enable imap and smtp for example. Then change the servers in your account to be [outlook.com](http://outlook.com) servers… thunderbird should work it out, eg using security, tls… If you can’t do that, then you could use the exhange protocol with thunderbird, using this addon … [Owl for Exchange :: Add-ons for Thunderbird](https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/owl-for-exchange/)