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This web page will guide you through setting up Mozilla Thunderbird so that you
can use it to send and receive e-mail through your Mail@umd account.
Once you have Mozilla Thunderbird installed on your computer, do the following:
- Click on Tools which is in the menu bar of the e-mail
client window
- Choose Account Settings and the account settings
window will appear.
- Click on the Add Account button to create a new
account and the account wizard will begin.
- In the first window, leave the first choice (Email
account) selected.
- Click Next and the Identity window will appear.
- Enter your full name in the Your Name box.
- Enter in your Mail@umd e-mail address, which is your Directory ID
followed by "@umd.edu", in the Email Address
box.
- Click the Next button
- Choose IMAP (in the Server Information window) as the
type of incoming server you are using.
- Type mail.umd.edu in the Incoming
Server: box just below that. If this is the first time
you've set up Mozilla Thunderbird for reading e-mail, then you
will also see a section for entering the name of your Outgoing Server
(SMTP).
- Type mail.umd.edu in the Outgoing
Server: box.
- Click on the Next button to proceed.
- In the Incoming User Name screen, make sure that the
entry in the Incoming User Name box is just your
Directory ID, not your entire Mail@umd address.
- Click Next.
- In the Account Name window, you can create a special
name for your account as the screen suggests (in this example, we have
renamed the account to "UMD") or just create the account with
your e-mail address.
- Click Next. The last screen in the Account
Wizard will show you the information you have entered.
- Verify that the information you entered is correct (including the
Outgoing Server Name if you were able to enter that information during
the wizard). If you made any mistakes, use the Back
button to correct them.
- Click Finish to exit the wizard. You will return to the
Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings window.
- Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the left column.
The outgoing server settings will be displayed on the right. Make sure
the Server Name is set to mail.umd.edu (if you
were not given the option of changing the outgoing server during the
Account Wizard, this is your opportunity to make the change).
- Make sure that the Use name and password checkbox is
checked (and that your Directory ID appears in the User Name box), and
that Use secure connection (SSL) is NOT on. Select the
radio button for TLS (if available).
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Return to the left-hand column. You should see an item that says
Mail for which should be followed by the name that you
gave your e-mail account (NOTE: sometimes that name does not appear
until after you have restarted Thunderbird).
- Click on the Server Settings entry beneath that
Mail for entry.Be sure that the item marked Use
Secure Connection (SSL) is checked.
- Click on the Set as Default button near the lower
left corner of the window to make your University e-mail account your
primary e-mail account in Thunderbird. By doing this, you are telling
Thunderbird that you want it to check for new messages on your University
e-mail account every time you open the Thunderbird e-mail client.
- Click on the OK button to finish configuring your e-mail
settings. You will return to the main Thunderbird e-mail window. In the
left column of the window, you should see the name of the e-mail account
you just created.
- Click on the plus sign to the left of the account name to show the
Inbox folder for your account.
- Click on the Inbox. You will be prompted to enter the password for
your e-mail account (which is your Directory password).
- Enter your password.
- Click OK. Your e-mail messages and any e-mail folders
you have will soon appear. You can now use Mozilla Thunderbird to send
and receive e-mail messages.
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