It’s easy to use Mailfence group chat through Thunderbird with XMPP, and also allows you to keep your chat logs locally on your device.
- Open Thunderbird client.
- Go to account File -> New -> Chat account.
- Select XMPP and click on Next.
- Provide your Mailfence account credentials: Username and Password, Domain: mailfence.com
Click on Next. - Provide Alias name (optional), XMPP Options:
Connection security: Require encryption
Server: xmpp.contactoffice.com
Port: 5222
Click on Next. - Confirm all of the provided details, check Connect his account now and click on Finish.
Note: XMPP client is not supported in Thunderbird versions older than 15.