Can I configure my email outlook in Thunderbird?

Please follow the below procedure to configure Thunderbird Email

If you are running thunderbird for the first time and have not imported any settings from another email client, you will be presented with the New Account Setup window

Select the type of account you would like to set up as email account

Click on Next> button

In the identity window, fill in your name and email address, then click the Next> button

In the next Server information window,select the type of incoming server as IMAP

Enter the name of your incoming server

Enter the name of your outgoing server

Click on Next> button

On the User Names Screen,you will fill in your ECE Unix username. This will be the same for both the Incoming username and Outgoing username

Click the Next> button

The next screen is for the Account Name.You can fill in whatever you want,or keep the default (which is what you previously filled in for your email address)

Click the Next> button

Finally, the congratulations window will show you what you have filled out

Check through to make sure you have the correct settings

Click the Finish button

When the wizard closes,you may see a message window pop up asking if you want Thunderbird set as the default mail application

If you do not want to perform this check again,then check next to “Do not display this dialog again”

If you want to set it as your default, then click the Yes button

If you do not want to set it as your default, then click the No button

In the Account settings section,when Thunderbird starts up, it will probably try connecting to the mail server immediately.

There are afew things that you will need to make sure are configured before you will be able to connect to the mail server

Go to the Tools menu

Select Account Settings

On the left side,select Server Settings and make sure that you have the following filled out:

Server name
Port
User Name
Check next to Use secure connection

For the rest of the settings on this screen, fill in what you want

Select Outgoing server (SMTP) on the left side and make sure that you have the faolowing filled out

Server Name
Port
Check next to User name and password
User Name : fill in your ECE Unix username
Use secure connection: select TLS

Click OK

Now you are back at the main Thunderbird window.Click on the Get Mail button which is in the top left corner to connect to the mail server

A window will pop up asking for your password.Enter your ECE Unix password and click OK

Now you can read your ECE email .