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

Launch thunderbird

Select Email Account as the type to create

Enter your name and email address

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

Enter your login name for server connections

Enter the name your client will display this mailbox as

Verify your account information is correct

Now change account settings to make your connections secure.

• [E]dit menu
• Select Account Settings.

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.

Enable Junk email filtering

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

Change security on the outgoing smtp connection.

• Select Outgoing Server (SMTP)

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

JoeyArmstrong - 07 Oct 2009