Thunderbird Automatic Email Service Configuration

zootzone.com supports Mozilla Thunderbird's automatic email account configuration protocol, using the CNAME resource record extension in DNS.

Mozilla's official documentation is available at this location:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration

Follow the steps outlined below to enable auto-configuration for your domain.

The domain example.com is used for illustrative purposes. Replace this with your own domain.

Either log into the control panel, or send a support request to the DNS service provider of your domain.

Create (or request the creation of) the following CNAME resource record in your domain's DNS database/zone.

The CNAME resource record's information should match the following:

Name/Host: autoconfig
Value/Target: auto.zootzone.com

Using the details above creates the following CNAME resource record:

CNAME : autoconfig.example.com -> auto.zootzone.com

You may have to wait a while for the new record to be accessible by other computers.

Important:

• If you are migrating between email providers and wish to update this data in the near future, set the TTL (Time To Live) option to a few minutes.
• Once the migration is complete, raise the TTL value back up to an hour, or a day.

When you begin the configuration of your email account in Thunderbird, it follows the auto-configuration process below.

The domain example.com is used for illustrative purposes. Replace this with your own domain.