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== Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email ==
== Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email ==


=== Thunderbird 2.x ===
=== Thunderbird 3.x and up ===
* Select "Email account on the "New Account Setup" screen
* On the "Mail Account Setup" screen enter your full name, email address: ''username@cs.vt.edu'', and CS password
* Click on "Next >"
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* Enter your full name and email address: ''username@cs.vt.edu''  
* Click on "Continue" and thunderbird will attempt to auto-configure. You may have to stop the auto-config and click on "Manual Config"
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* Verify that Incoming is set to ''IMAP,imap.cs.vt.edu,SSL'', Outgoing is set to ''SMTP,smtp.cs.vt.edu,SSL'', and
* Click on "Next >"
username is your CS user name.
* Select "IMAP" and set "Incoming Server" to ''mail.cs.vt.edu''
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* Click on "Next >"
* If not already filled in, enter your CS username in both "Incoming" and "Outgoing User Name" [[Image:Thunderbird3_3]]
* Click on "Next >"
* Enter an identifier for this account, you can set it to anything you want
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* Click on "Next >"
* Verify all the settings and click on "Finish"
* Go to Tools->Account Settings
* Click on "Server Settings" listed under the account you just created
* Select "''SSL''" and make sure Port is set to ''993''
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* Click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" at the bottom of the "Account Settings" window
* Click on the "Add..." button
* Enter ''smtp.cs.vt.edu'' as "Server Name", your CS username as "User Name", select "''SSL''", and make sure that "Port" is set to ''465''
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* Click on "OK" to close the SMTP Server window
* Select the newly added Outgoing Server and click on the "Set Default" button
* Click on "OK" to close the "Account Settings" window
* Your CS email should ready to use


=== Thunderbird 3.x ===
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* If the settings are not correct for some reason, click on "Manual Config" and compare the settings to the "General Mail Settings" listed at the bottom of this page.  If you continue to have problems, please [[Contact Techstaff]]
* Your CS email should be ready to use
 
=== General Mail Settings ===
* IMAP: mail.cs.vt.edu, Port 993, SSL enabled
* SMTP: smtp.cs.vt.edu, Port 465, SSL enabled
* Username and password is your standard CS username and password
* IMAP prefix: leave blank

Latest revision as of 14:35, 14 January 2022

Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email

Thunderbird 3.x and up

  • On the "Mail Account Setup" screen enter your full name, email address: username@cs.vt.edu, and CS password

  • Click on "Continue" and thunderbird will attempt to auto-configure. You may have to stop the auto-config and click on "Manual Config"
  • Verify that Incoming is set to IMAP,imap.cs.vt.edu,SSL, Outgoing is set to SMTP,smtp.cs.vt.edu,SSL, and

username is your CS user name.

  • If the settings are not correct for some reason, click on "Manual Config" and compare the settings to the "General Mail Settings" listed at the bottom of this page. If you continue to have problems, please Contact Techstaff
  • Your CS email should be ready to use

General Mail Settings

  • IMAP: mail.cs.vt.edu, Port 993, SSL enabled
  • SMTP: smtp.cs.vt.edu, Port 465, SSL enabled
  • Username and password is your standard CS username and password
  • IMAP prefix: leave blank
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