Configuring > Mozilla Thunderbird for IMAP servers
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 (other versions are similar)
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Open Mozilla Thunderbird and, if a the New Account Wizard pops up, skip to step two. Otherwise, go to Tools => Account Settings
Select Tools and then Account Settings
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Choose E-mail Account and click Next.
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Type in the name that you wish to show up on the "From" portion of
e-mails that you send. Type in your e-mail address, such as jnsmith@mtu.edu
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Select IMAP and type in email.mtu.edu under Incoming Server and Outgoing Server and click Next to continue.
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Type in your Incoming User Name (what comes before the @mtu.edu in your
e-mail address) if necessary and click Next. You can ignore the message
about your SMTP server being identical to your incoming server.
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Type in the name you want for the account, such as Michigan Tech Email Account and click Next.
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Make sure that all of the information it shows is correct and click Finish.
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Click Cancel when the password prompt appears because there are still
more stepts to do. Go to Tools and then Account Settings.
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Click on Server Settings and choose SSL from the list. Make sure that the port number changes to 993.
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Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP) on the left side, select the email.mtu.edu server and click Edit.
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Complete the following information:
- Description (if desired)
- Server name - make sure it is email.mtu.edu
- Port - Use 25 unless your Internet Service Provider (ISP) blocks this port. In that case, use 2525
- Make sure that Use name and password is checked
- Make sure that your User name is correct
- Click on the TLS radio button
- Click OK when you are finished
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Click OK.
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Click on Get Mail near the top left and when prompted, enter your password.
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