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==Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email== | == Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email == | ||
===Thunderbird 2.x=== | |||
=== Thunderbird 2.x === | |||
* Select "Email account on the "New Account Setup" screen | * Select "Email account on the "New Account Setup" screen | ||
* Click on "Next >" | * Click on "Next >" | ||
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* Click on "OK" to close the "Account Settings" window | * Click on "OK" to close the "Account Settings" window | ||
* Your CS email should ready to use | * Your CS email should ready to use | ||
===Thunderbird 3.x=== | |||
=== Thunderbird 3.x === | |||
Revision as of 15:10, 12 July 2011
Configuring Thunderbird to use CS email
Thunderbird 2.x
- Select "Email account on the "New Account Setup" screen
- Click on "Next >"
- Enter your full name and email address: username@cs.vt.edu
- Click on "Next >"
- Select "IMAP" and set "Incoming Server" to mail.cs.vt.edu
- Click on "Next >"
- If not already filled in, enter your CS username in both "Incoming" and "Outgoing User Name"
- Click on "Next >"
- Enter an identifier for this account, you can set it to anything you want
- 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
- 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
- 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