Calmail Thunderbird
Contents
Setting up the CalMail Account
- Start Thunderbird application
- Select Account Settings from Edit menu
- Click on Add Account button in the Account Settings dialog window
Running Account Wizard
- Click on Email account radio button, then on Next button in the Account wizard dialog window
- Type your full name in the Your Name text field and username@math.berkeley.edu in the Email Address field, then click on Next button
- Click on IMAP radio button, type calmail.berkeley.edu in the Incoming Server text field, then click on Next button
- Type username@math.berkeley.edu in both Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name text fields, then click on Next button
- Type CalMail Math in the Account Name text field, then click on Next button
- Review the summary of account settings, then click on Finish button
Setting up Newly Created Account
- Select newly created account CalMail Math on the left side of the Account Settings dialog window and click on Server Settings
- Make sure that Server Name is calmail.berkeley.edu, Port is 143, and User Name is username@math.berkeley.edu.
- Click on TLS radio button (this is important security setting).
- Click on Check for new messages at start up and Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit check boxes.
Notes
- Please replace username with your current Math login name in the above configuration.
- If you are already using Thunderbird, then the outgoing SMTP server name shown in the summary is probably mail.math.berkeley.edu, which is incorrect. It should be replaced in the next steps below.