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HOWTO: Configure the icedove or thunderbird email client version 2x (2.0.0.23)

Launch thunderbird


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Select Email Account as the type to create


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Enter your name and email address


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Connection type is imap, enter the incoming and outgoing server names


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Enter your login name for server connections


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Enter the name your client will display this mailbox as


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Verify your account information is correct


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Now change account settings to make your connections secure.

  • [E]dit menu
  • Select Account Settings.


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Enable secure socket connections to the incoming mailserver

  • Select Server settings.
  • Change "Use secure connection" to SSL.
  • If work off campus also select the "Use secure authentication checkbox.


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Enable Junk email filtering

  • Select Junk Settings
  • Enable trust junk mail headers sent by Spam Assasin


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Change security on the outgoing smtp connection.

  • Select Outgoing Server (SMTP)


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  • Click Edit
  • Change "Use secure connection" to "Use TLS"


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JoeyArmstrong - 07 Oct 2009

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Topic revision: r9 - 2010-01-08 - 00:16:16 - JoeyArmstrong
 
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