Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Client
Mozilla Thunderbird is a separate, PC based mail client. It works similarly to Mozilla Mail, but does not include the web browser component, and so can be combined with a web browser of your choice. (See Importing your Addressbooks for instructions on bringing addressbooks over from Netscape/Mozilla; for more information about using Thunderbird, see "Customizing and Using Thunderbird": http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/thunderbird/thunderbirdmail.html)
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| Downloading Mozilla Thunderbird |
The Installation client can be downloaded from the web page: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ by clicking on the Download Now icon.
Save the installer program to your My Documents folder. |
| Installing Thunderbird. |
To install Thunderbird, open your My Documents folder and double-click on the Thunderbird Setup program: |
| The setup window will open. |
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| Click Next to continue. |
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| Click the radio button for "I accept the terms of the License Agreement," then click Next. |
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| Choose Standard installation, then click Next. |
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| Click Next to continue. |
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Click Finish.
Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird for your mail.
When you open Thunderbird, it will prompt you to set up your mail account. |
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| Choose Email Account, and click Next. |
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In the Your Name field, type in the name you want attached to mail from this account.
In the Email Address field, type in your Lehigh email address (with @lehigh.edu).
Click Next. |
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For the Server type, choose IMAP.
For Incoming Server, enter mail.lehigh.edu.
For Outgoing Server:- If you are on campus or dialing in through Lehigh's Modem Pool, enter mail.lehigh.edu
- If you are off campus and using an Internet Service Provider such as Fastnet, you will need the service providers's outgoing (SMTP) mail server address to enter here.
Click Next. |
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Enter your Lehigh username (just the 4-6 character ID).
Click Next. |
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Enter a name for the account. If more than one person is using the computer, you will probably want to specify their name; if you are accessing more than one account through Thunderbird, you will want to specify the name of the account. Otherwise, "Lehigh Account" works fine.
Click Next to continue. |
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Click Finish.
Though you are ALMOST finished, there's another step.
When Thunderbird opens, it will give an error message: |
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There is one more configuration step to take. Click OK.
Go to the Tools menu, and choose Account Settings. |
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| Under the name of the Account, click Server Settings. |
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Click the box for 'Use secure connection (SSL)'.
We also suggest changing 'when I delete a message' to 'Mark it as deleted' and click 'Expunge Inbox on Exit', as well as turning off 'Check for new messages every 10 minutes.
Click the Advanced button. |
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In the IMAP server directory box, type mail/
Click OK.
Click OK to get out of Account Settings.
Click OK.
You should now be able to log in and check your email through Thunderbird! |
| Setting up LDAP directory connection to Lehigh |
In the Tools menu, choose Options:
In the left column, click on Composition :
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Click the check box for "Directory Server."
Click the Edit Directories button: |
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| Click the Add button |
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In the Name field, enter Yourname
In the Hostname field, enter ldap.yourname.edu (that's LDAP)
In the Base DN field, enter dc=yourname, dc=com
Click OK. |
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| Select Lehigh in the LDAP Directory Servers list, then click OK. |
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In the drop-down menu next to Directory Servers, choose Lehigh.
Click OK. |
| You may wish to import your addressbooks from other mail clients. |
| Using Thunderbird: |
| The Installer will show a progress window for a few minutes, and then display the "Installation Complete" page. |
| See "Customizing and Using Thunderbird": http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/thunderbird/thunderbirdmail.html |
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