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Install&ConfigureThunderbird - 1 - July14,2016
Install&ConfigureThunderbirdE-mail Thunderbirdisafree,opensourcemailclientthatrunsonWindows,Mac,andLinux.ThisdocumentwillcoverspecificinformationaboutsettingupThunderbirdatHampshireCollege.Foradetailedstep-by-steptutorial,seehttp://opensourcearticles.com/articles/thunderbird_15/english/part_01. ForinformationaboutmanagingmailandusingtheAddressBook,selectthe“Mailandaddressbookmanagement”linkathttps://www.hampshire.edu/it/mozilla-thunderbird.
Installation ThunderbirdisroutinelyinstalledonallHampshire-ownedcomputers. Ifyourcomputerdoesn’talreadyhaveThunderbird,youcandownloaditfromhttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/. ThepagecontainslinkstodownloadthemostcurrentversionofThunderbird,forwhicheveroperatingsystem(OS)youareusing.
OnaMac,yourdownloadwillmountasadiskimage,andyoucanjustdrag“Thunderbird”toyourApplicationsfolder. OnWindows,thereisanautomatedinstallationprocess,andallthedefaultsarefine,sojustclickthroughthe“OK”andthe“Next”buttonsuntilyou'redone.
InitialThunderbirdSetup
WhenyoustartThunderbirdforthefirsttime,theAccountSetupWizardwillstart;ifthisisn’tthefirstaccountyou’vesetupinThunderbirdyoucanaccessthewizardbyselecting“File->New->ExistingMailAccount.”
1. ThefirsttimeyourunThunderbirditwillaskifyouwantittobethedefaultclientforemail,andwhetheryouwanttoallowSpotlighttosearchmessages.Ifyou’resettingupThunderbirdyouprobablywantittobethedefaultforemail,soleavethatchecked,aswellas“AlwaysperformthischeckwhenstartingThunderbird.”IfyouareusingaMacyoumayhavetheoptionto“AllowSpotlighttosearchmessages”;checkingthiswillincludeemailmessageswhenyousearchforthingsinFinder,whichisamatterofpersonalpreference.
2. Click“SetasDefault.”
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3. Thunderbirdwillaskifyou’dliketocreateanewemailaddress.Instead,clickon“Skipthisandusemyexistingemail.”
4. Inthe“YourName:”field,enteryournameasyoulikeittoappearinthe“From”fieldofanemail.5. Inthe‘EmailAddress:”fieldenterthereply-toaddressyouliketouseinemail.ForFacultyandstaffthiscanbe
eitheryourinitials/departmentcode([email protected])oryourfirstinitial/lastname([email protected]).
6. EnteryourHampNetpassword.7. DONOTselect“Rememberpassword.”Thunderbirddoesnotstorepasswordssecurely.8. Click“Continue.”
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9. Select“Manualconfig.”
10. Changethetop“SSL”settingtoSSL/TLS.11. FacultyandstaffmustsetUsernametoyourinitials/departmentcodeusername(e.g.kmmLO). 12. Click“Re-test.”
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13. Ifyou’veenteredeverythingcorrectlyyoushouldnowbeabletoselect“Done.”Ifthereareanyerrors,usetheimagebelowtodoublecheckyoursettings.