Setting Up Mail: Thunderbird* in Mac OS X
* The instructions for setting up Mozilla/Netscape Mail are essentially the same. Start Mozilla/Netscape, open Window>Mail & Newsgroups, open Edit>Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings, and continue with the instructions below.
Incoming Mail (IMAP)
- Start Thunderbird and open Tools>Account Settings...
- Click on Add Account...
- Select Email Account and click Continue
- Enter your name and your email address (i.e. your Reply-To address) and click Continue
- In the Server Information panel, select IMAP and for Incoming Server AND Outgoing Server, enter chandra.berkeley.edu and click Continue
- NOTE: chandra.berkeley.edu will only work as an outgoing SMTP server
for computers connected within the 128.32.92.0 astronomy subnet
(including laptops using DHCP that are connected to a cable). If you
are connected from home, please use the outgoing mail server operated
by your Internet Service Provider. If you are connected via AirBears,
you must use another outgoing mail server such as the one provided by
CalMail.
- Click OK
when asked if you trust the security certificate
- Click Continue
- In the User Names panel, enter the user name for your Unix account and click Continue
- In the Account Name panel, choose a name for this account to be used by Thunderbird, e.g., Astro Email
- Click
Done
- In the Account Settings Panel, select Server Settings for the account you just created
- Under Security
Settings, select Use
Secure Connection: SSL -- the port number should automatically be set to 993
- Click on the Advanced... button
- For IMAP
Server Directory, enter mail and click OK (Read here how to make sure this directory or link exists)
- Finally, in the Account Settings Panel, click OK
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