Mozilla Thunderbird Configuration (First Time Setup)

First Time Setup for Mozilla Thunderbird

1. Open Thunderbird. The icon should be found on your Desktop or in All Programs > Mozilla Thunderbird




2. At startup, uncheck "Always perform this check when starting Thunderbird" and click Skip Integration.




3. At the "Would you like a new email address?" screen, click Skip this and use my existing email.




4. At the Mail Account Setup screen, enter the following:

• Enter your Name in the Your name field
• Enter your Rice email address (abc1@rice.edu or abc.123@rice.edu) in the Email address field
• Enter your Netid password in the Password field
• Leave Remember Password checked

Click Continue

 

5. Ignore the "Thunderbird failed to find settings..." message. Enter the following server information:

• Click the drop-down menu and select IMAP
• Enter imap.mail.rice.edu for the Incoming Hostname server
• Enter smtp.mail.rice.edu for the Outgoing Hostname server
• Under SSL, select SSL/TLS both Incoming and Outgoing. The port will automatically change to 993 (Incoming) and 465 (Outgoing)
• Under Authentication, select Normal Password for both Incoming and Outgoing
• Make sure your Netid is entered for the Username field in Incoming and Outgoing

Click Done