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Thunderbird Settings Quick Reference
Some of these settings are required during the setup process, and others are set afterwards, through Thunderbird’s Tools->Account Settings menu. If you are not familiar with setting up email, see the Thunderbird configuration document (pdf).
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Configuration Setting:
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It is looking for:
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Configuration Value:
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Email Address
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Your email alias, for replying |
Example: jdoe@hampshire.edu |
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Incoming Server
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Hampshire mail server for faculty and staff, students, or alums |
mail.hampshire.edu |
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Outgoing Server:
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Hampshire SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server |
smtp.hampshire.edu
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Incoming User name:
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your HampNet ID |
Example: jjdLO (faculty and staff) jjd98F (students and alums) |
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Outgoing User name:
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your HampNet ID |
Example: jjdLO (faculty and staff) jjd98F (students and alums) |
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Tools-->Account Settings/Server Settings |
Port Number
Security Settings |
995 (POP) 993 (IMAP) SSL is on Secure Authentication must be OFF |
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Tools-->Account Settings/Server Settings/Advanced…
(Note: There are several other settings that are correct by default. These are the ones you must change.) |
IMAP Server Directory (if it’s an IMAP account) Use IDLE command if the server supports it Maximum number of server connections to be cached |
OFF (unchecked)
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Tools-->Account Settings/Outgoing Sever (SMTP), Edit
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Port Use name and password Thunderbird 2: Use Secure Connection Thunderbird 3 only |
587 Check "Use name and password," and enter yourHampNet ID (e.g. jjdLO or jjd05F). "Use secure connection:" should be set to TLS. "Use secure authentication" should not be checked. Connection security should be STARTTLS. |
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Files-->Subscribe… (IMAP only)
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If it’s an IMAP account, select the folders from WebMail that you want to see |
Recommend include sent-mail, so you can have one sent mail folder for WebMail and locally sent files . |
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