Initial Setup of Mozilla Thunderbird Concept This document describes the procedures for setting up the Mozilla Thunderbird email client to download messages from Google Mail using Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) with the Mac OS X Lion operating system. IMAP synchronizes the actions you take in the Thunderbird client with Google Mail so if you read or delete a message in the client, it will be marked as such in the Google Mail interface. These instructions are intended for users that already have an active CWRU Google Mail account and want to set up the Thunderbird email client for the first time. Procedure Step Action 1. Open your web browser and navigate to: webmail.case.edu. Enter your CWRU Network ID and password and then click the LOGIN button. 1 Information Technology Services 2012
Step Action 2. The Google Mail inbox window will open. Click the Settings icon (resembling a gear) in the top right corner of the window. 3. Select the Settings menu option. 2012 Information Technology Services 2
Step Action 4. Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP menu option. 5. Click the Disable POP radio button to select it. 6. Click the Enable IMAP radio button to select it. 3 Information Technology Services 2012
7. Scroll to the bottom of the Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings window and then click the Save Changes button. Sign out of the Google Mail web interface. 2012 Information Technology Services 4
8. Enter http://www.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird into your browser address bar and press the Enter key. 9. Click the Thunderbird Free Download button. 5 Information Technology Services 2012
Step Action 10. The Thunderbird email client installation package will begin to download. 2012 Information Technology Services 6
11. Click on the desktop to view the Finder menu in the menu bar. Click Go and select Downloads to view files downloaded to your computer. 7 Information Technology Services 2012
12. Double click the Thunderbird.13.0.1.dmg file to begin the installation process. 2012 Information Technology Services 8
13. Click and drag the Thunderbird icon into the Applications folder to copy the program files to your computer. 9 Information Technology Services 2012
14. Click on the desktop to view the Finder menu in the menu bar. Click Go and select Applications to view the applications installed on your computer. 2012 Information Technology Services 10
15. Double click the Thunderbird icon to open it. When asked if you are sure you want to open it, select Open. 11 Information Technology Services 2012
16. Click the check boxes next to any email providers listed to deselect them. In this example, we click the check box next to the Hover.com option to deselect it. 17. Click the Skip this and use my existing email button. 2012 Information Technology Services 12
18. Enter your name as you would like it displayed on your outgoing email into the Your name field. 19. Enter your CWRU email address (abc123@case.edu) into the Email address field. 20. Enter your Google Apps password into the Password field and ensure the Remember password block is checked. 21. Click the Continue button. 13 Information Technology Services 2012
Step Action 22. The Thunderbird setup wizard will attempt to connect to Google Mail. 23. When the setup wizard fails to find the email settings for your Google Mail account, you must enter them manually. 2012 Information Technology Services 14
Step Action 24. Enter imap.gmail.com into the Incoming Server hostname field. 25. Enter 993 into the Incoming Server Port block (or select it from the drop down menu). 26. Select the SSL/TLS item from the drop down menu. 27. Enter smtp.cwru.edu into the Outgoing Server hostname field. 28. Enter 25 into the Outgoing Server Port block (or select it from the drop down menu). 29. Select the STARTTLS item from the drop down menu. 30. Click the Re-test button. 15 Information Technology Services 2012
31. The Thunderbird setup program will attempt to configure your CWRU Google Mail with the settings you provided. 32. When the setup program has finished configuring the settings, click the Create Account button. 2012 Information Technology Services 16
33. You can deselect the Always perform this check when starting Thunderbird option and select the Newsgroup option by clicking the associated check boxes. 34. Click the OK button. 17 Information Technology Services 2012
Step Action 35. The Thunderbird email client will download your CWRU Google Mail. 2012 Information Technology Services 18
36. To manage your email account settings, click the Tools menu. 37. Click the Account Settings... menu item. 19 Information Technology Services 2012
38. Click the Outgoing Server (SMTP) menu item. 39. Select your email account and click Edit... 2012 Information Technology Services 20
Step Action 40. Enter CWRU Google Mail into the Description field. 41. Enter your CWRU Network ID into the User Name field. All other fields should be filled in properly from the initial setup. 42. Click the OK button to save your changes and exit. 21 Information Technology Services 2012
43. Click the Composition & Addressing menu item. 44. The default Thunderbird option for email replies will start the reply thread after the original message. 45. Under the Composition header, you can use the drop down menu to change the default option to: start my reply above the quote. 2012 Information Technology Services 22
46. Click the menu item depicting your email address. 47. In the data field beneath Signature text you may enter an email signature using html code or attach a signature in the form of an html or picture file. 48. Click the OK button to save your changes and exit. 49. End of Procedure. 23 Information Technology Services 2012