Kingston USB Root\tbird-setups.txt TBird V15.0 with Update on 11/19/14. This is a summary of how one can run Thunderbird (TBird)through the UF's Exchange on a micro running Win 7 and 8.1. Five sets of TBird settings follow; one is for Google mail on a micro running XP. The laptop settings have worked at a number of locations in Gainesville and elsewhere. Important caveats based on testing IMAP and SMTP settings with TBird 34.0.B1 and Exchange: 1. Someone must create an Exchange mailbox for you. This individual is in your department or college IT support group. This will give you an account named USERID@mail.ufl.edu on the UF's Exchange server. 2. Your micro's firewall, if any, must be set to recognize TBird. 3. TBird will have one folder named Inbox after the initial setup. Additional folders will have to be created as preferred: see http://www.mail.ufl.edu/managemail.shtml for details. 4. If you created a large number of folders on the mail server you are replacing with Thunderbird on Exchange, you may wish to delete any current installation, reinstall it, and use the IMAP and SMTP settings shown below. In the new configuration, you may wish to store copies of sent e-mail in a folder named "Sent Items". Copies in Sent Items will be kept for 365 days and then automatically deleted without warning, as is the case for e-mail in your Inbox. Details are at www.mail.ufl.edu/servicespec.shtml in the cagegory Retention Periods. 5. Mail that came to your prior e-mail server should be forwarded to USERID@mail.ufl.edu from that system. If you do this, you will not have to notify e-mail senders that USERID@mail.ufl.edu is your real e-mail address. For example, GatorLink "Account Status" at https://service.gatorlink.ufl.edu/modify/show_details.cgi shows where your Gatorlink e-mail is being routed. Click on the first option in the list at the left, "Email forwarding" to change it. 6. If any IMAP or SMTP setting is incorrect, Thunderbird returns an error message saying it can't open or find that server, e.g., if the SMTP server is correct, viz., smtp.ufl.edu, but one of the other specifications is wrong, the error message says the SMTP site cannot be found or opened. 7. TBird has an "IMAP server directory" field that is blank by default: Go to Tools-->Account Settings-->Server Settings--> Advanced. The first field in the pop-up is for your server directory. Leave it blank and do not change any other settings in that pop-up. On other servers, e.g., the former NERSP, you had to set it to "mail/" or TBird would populate your session with the hundreds of subdirectories you had in NERSP. The actual names used for the Google settings have been changed to Fname and Lname and UserID equals the Exchange user ID. Settings on: ISOM Desktop Home Desktop CNS Desktop ------------------ ------------------- ------------------- Micro OS Win 7 Win 8.1 Win 7 Cat 5 CBA Net Cat 5 Modem Cat 5 CNS ECOB Net Account Name UserID UserID UserID Your Name Fname Lname Fname Lname Fname Lname Email Address userid@ufl.edu userid@ufl.edu userid@ufl.edu Reply... none none none (x) Signature c:\emnam.jpg c:\enam.jpg C:\emnam.jpg IMAP Server: Server imap.mail.ufl.edu imap.mail.ufl.edu imap.mail.ufl.edu Port 993 993 993 User Name userid userid userid Security SSL/TLS SSL/TLS SSL/TLS Authentication Normal Password Normal Password Normal Password Copies & ... (x) Sent Items ... (x) Sent Items ... (x) Sent Items ... userid@??.ufl.edu userid@??.ufl.edu userid@??.ufl.edu Outgoing Server: Description UFL UFL-CNS CNS Server smtp.ufl.edu smtp-ufl.edu smtp.ufl.edu Port 587 587 587 UserID userid userid userid Authentication Normal Password Normal Password Normal Password Security STARTTLS STARTTLS STARTTLS Settings on: Dell Laptop Fname's Desktop ------------------ ------------------- Micro OS Win 7 Win XP Wireless Modem Cat 5 Modem Account Name userid@ufl.edu lnamefname@gmail.com Your Name Fname Lname Fname Lname Email Address userid@ufl.edu lnamefname@gmail.com Reply... none fname@cns.ufl.edu (x) Signature c:\emnam.jpg none IMAP Server: Server imap.mail.ufl.edu imap.googlemail.com Port 993 993 User Name useid lnamefname@gmail.com Security SSL/TLS SSL/TLS Authentication Normal Password Normal Password Copies & ... (x) "Sent" ... (x) Sent Items ... userid@??.ufl.edu lnamefname@gmail.com Outgoing Server: Description UFL-CNS Google Mail Server smtp.ufl.edu smtp.googlemail.com Port 587 587 UserID userid lnamefname@gmail.com Authentication Normal Password Normal Password Security STARTTLS STARTTLS /*