SETTING-UP U-MAIL IN THUNDERBIRD

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SETTING UP U-MAIL IN THUNDERBIRD

Bernice Chen offers how to setup U-mail with Thunderbird
(c) 2011 UC Regents, Bernice Chen, November 10, 2011.

Downloading and Configuring Thunderbird

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Download Thunderbird from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird/ Open Thunderbird Find the File Tab and scroll over New Select Mail Accounts Enter your U-mail account information Your name: [Your Name] Email Address: [UCSBnetID]@umail.ucsb.edu Password: [Your Password]

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Press Continue The configuration the first time will be unsuccessful

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Re-edit the configuration using the following information: Username: [UCSBnetID] Incoming: incoming.umail.ucsb.edu IMAP 993 SSL/TLS Outgoing: outgoing.umail.ucsb.edu 465 SSL/TLS Click Re-test with the new configurations

10. When the new settings are found, click Create Account

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Configuring Thunderbird Account Settings Once Dowloaded

1. 2. 3. Find the Tools tab and select Account Settings Select Server Settings (left side of the window) Re-configure the settings using the following information: Server Name: incoming.umail.ucsb.edu Port: 993 User Name: [UCSBnetID] Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: Normal password

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Click on Advanced to configure advanced settings Re-configure the settings using the following information: IMAP server directory: [blank] Show only subscribed folders [not checked] Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages [checked] Use IDELE command if the server supports it [checked] Maximum number of server connections to cache 5 Personal namespace: [blank] Public (shared): [blank] Other Users: [blank] Allow server to override these namespaces: [checked]

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Click Ok Find the Tools tab and select Account Settings once again Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) (bottom left side of the window) Re-configure the settings with the following information: Server Name: outgoing.umail.ucsb.edu Port: 465 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: Normal password User Name: [UCSBnetID]

10. Congratulations! Your U-mail Account has now been synced with Thunderbird.

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