Configure Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free e-mail client available for download from the Mozilla Foundation.

The first time you run Thunderbird, a wizard will appear and attempt to import information from your current e-mail program. This includes Preferences, Account Settings, Addressbooks, and e-mail. All these features cannot necessarily be imported from all other email programs.

If you are not able to import your settings from your old e-mail client, you will need to choose "Don't import anything" and click Next . Thunderbird should then open up and start the "New Account Setup" wizard. The steps below will guide you through setting up your providence.edu e-mail account.

To access the wizard at a later date, select Tools and then Account Settings . Choosing "Add Account" will start the wizard.

1. Choose Email account, and click Next .
   
   
   
   
2. For Your Name, enter your name as you would like it to be displayed on outgoing e-mails.
   
   
   
   
3. For Email address, enter your full providence.edu e-mail address in the format username@providence.edu.
   
   
4. Click Next.
   
   
5. Select the IMAP radio button.
   
   
   
   
6. Incoming Server is: post.providence.edu
   
   
7. Outgoing Server depends on your Internet Provider. If you are connected through Providence College then the outgoing server is: smtp.providence.edu. If you are not on the Providence College network, you will need to use the SMTP server for your Internet Service Provider (ISP).  We have created a list of SMTP servers for local ISPsEmail/Local_Outgoing_(SMTP)_Servers.
   
   
8. Click Next.
   
   
9. Incoming User Name should show your email username.
   
   
   
   
10. Outgoing User Name should show your email username.
    
    
11. Click Next.
    
    
12. Account Name can be whatever you choose, for the sake of our example, we chose PC Email.
    
    
    
    
13. Review the information on the last page. Click Finish when satisfied.
    
    
14. You should now be prompted for your password. You can choose to have Thunderbird save it or enter it everytime you check your email. However, there is one last step that needs to be complete.
    
    
15. Go to the Tools menu and choose Account settings. Under the account you just created (here it's called PC Email), click on Server Settings and you should see the following:
    
    
    
    
16. In the section called Security Settings, choose SSL and make sure that "Use secure authentication" is not checked. Click OK when finished.

Mozilla Thunderbird should now be set up to check e-mail.