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- | ====== How to configure Thunderbird 17.x to use SISSA e-mail services ====== | ||
- | [size=18]The configuration have to be done the first time you run thunderbird. [/size]\\ | ||
- | Run Thunderbird then:\\ | ||
- | a) If you have never used this program before or after a software upgrade, | ||
- | a window like this will appear:\\ | ||
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- | * put a check, if it is necessary, in the boxes //**E-Mail**// and //**Always perform this check when starting Thunderbird**//;\\ | ||
- | * then confirm clicking on **OK**.\\ | ||
- | {{th17-7.jpg|These fields/boxes could appear automatically too ...}} | ||
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- | b) In the //Welcome to Thunderbird// window:\\ | ||
- | click on **//Skip this and use my existing email//** button.\\ | ||
- | {{:thunderbird:e-mail_clients:th17-1.jpg|Please ignore other options...}} | ||
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- | c) In the //Mail account Setup// window:\\ | ||
- | * **1)** In the //Your Name// field write //** your name**// (for example //John Smith//);\\ | ||
- | * **2)** In the //Email Address// field write// **your email address**// (for example //jsmith@sissa.it//);\\ | ||
- | * **3)** then click on **Continue**.\\ | ||
- | {{th17-2.jpg|Fill in carefully the Identity section ...}} | ||
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- | d) The //Mail account Setup// window will change,\\ | ||
- | please check the //Incoming, Outgoing, Username// values, if they are ok, | ||
- | please click on **Done**.\\ | ||
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- | The base configuration is completed, but now, we suggest to activate two options //Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit// and //Empty Trash on Exit//. Please note these are not compulsary options. \\ | ||
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- | e) On the top/right of main thunderbird window look for three lines (//Displays the Application Menu//), **1)** then click on it,\\ | ||
- | then select the menu: **2) Preferences** --> **3) Account Settings**.\\ | ||
- | {{th17-4.jpg|to access on "Account Settings" window ...}} | ||
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- | f) On the //Account Settings// window, select **Server settings** on the left,\\ | ||
- | {{th17-5.jpg|to access on "Server settings" window/section ...}}\\ | ||
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- | g) The content of the //Account Settings// window will change on the right, \\ | ||
- | in the //Message storage// section of this window, \\ | ||
- | put a check in the //Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit// and //Empty Trash on Exit// boxes.\\ | ||
- | At the end confirm clicking on **OK** button.\\ | ||
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- | {{th17-6d.jpg|Check the content of this window carefully.}} | ||