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    <li><a href="#L64.bit.kernel">64 bit kernel</a></li>
    <li><a href="#Other.options">Other options</a></li>
   </ul></li>
+  <li><a href="#Configuring.email">Configuring email</a></li>
  </ul></li>
 </ul>
 
@@ -168,6 +169,40 @@
 <h3>Other options</h3>
 
 <p>If you want to install an old version of Bitmask, you can <a href="/client/linux/">browse all releases.</a></p>
+
+<a name="Configuring.email"></a>
+<h2>Configuring email</h2>
+
+<p>To get encrypted email to work, you have two options:</p>
+
+<ol>
+<li>Install the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/bitmask/">Bitmask Thunderbird Extension</a> (recommended).</li>
+<li>Configure your email client manually.</li>
+</ol>
+
+
+<p>Manual email client configuration:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>IMAP &mdash; <code>localhost:1984</code>
+
+<ul>
+<li>username: the full email address you use with the Bitmask app.</li>
+<li>password: ignored, can be anything.</li>
+<li>SSL/TLS: off</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>SMTP &mdash; <code>localhost:2013</code>
+
+<ul>
+<li>authentication: none</li>
+<li>SSL/TLS: off</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>You should also disable any local caching in your email client, if applicable. All the data stored by Bitmask is kept on disk in an encrypted format, but your mail client might cache your email in clear text, so it is good to disable caching if you can. Also, all your Bitmask email is sync'ed locally anyway, so there is no benefit to local caching.</p>
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