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====== Check your Thunderbird configuration (v. 10.x - examples on Linux o.s.) ====== | ====== Check your Thunderbird configuration (v. 10.x - examples on Linux o.s.) ====== | ||
- | [size=25]WORK IN PROGRESS. PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS PAGE JET....... [/size] | ||
- | [size=18]The configuration have to be done the first time you run thunderbird version 10.x. [/size] | + | **Upgrading thunderbird version, some configuration could be involuntarily and automatically modified. We suggest you to check account settings parameters**.\\ |
- | a) In the //Mail Account Setup// window:\\ | + | a) |
- | * **1)** In the //Your Name// field write //** your name**// (for example //John Smith//);\\ | + | On the main thunderbird window:\\ |
- | * **2)** In the //Email Address// field write// **your SISSA email address**// (for example //jsmith@sissa.it//);\\ | + | * **1)** in the top of the window click on the **Edit** menu;\\ |
- | * **3)** In the //Password// field write// **your SISSA password**//;\\ | + | * **2)** then click on **Account Settings**.\\ |
- | * **4)** then click on **Continue**.\\ | + | |
- | {{thu10-3.jpg|Fill in carefully the e-mail address & password fields ...}} | + | {{thu10-3.jpg| Click on the Edit menu, then click on Account Settings ...}} |
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- | b) The content of //Mail Account Setup// window will change:\\ | + | b) In the //Account Settings// window: \\ |
- | click on **Create Account** button when it will appear on the right.\\ | + | * **1)** on the left of the window click on the **Outgoing Server (SMTP)**, then the content of the window will change on the right;\\ |
+ | * **2)** to edit the SISSA Outgoing Servers Settings (select it if you have more then one), click on **Edit** button.\\ | ||
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{{thu10-4.jpg|Do not select other options ...}} | {{thu10-4.jpg|Do not select other options ...}} | ||
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- | c) | + | c) Please check the content of your //SMPT Server// window with the content (values into fields and into drop down lists) of the following example:\\ |
- | {{thu10-5.jpg|Do not select other options ...}} | + | Modify your settings if it is necessary, at the end confirm them clicking on the **OK** button.\\ |
+ | //Server Name:// **smtp.sissa.it**\\ | ||
+ | //Port:// **465**\\ | ||
+ | //Connection security:// **SSL/TLS** \\ | ||
+ | //Authentication method:// **Normal password**\\ | ||
+ | //User Name:// **//your SISSA username//** (in this example the username is hidden due to security reasons). | ||
+ | {{thu10-5.jpg|Check the content of this window carefully.}} | ||
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+ | d) After checking your Outgoing Server settings, give a look to **Server settings**.\\ | ||
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+ | On the left of the //Account Settings// window, click on **Server settings**.\\ | ||
+ | Modify your settings if it is necessary, at the end confirm them clicking on the **OK** button.\\ | ||
+ | //Server Name:// **imap.sissa.it**\\ | ||
+ | //Port:// **993**\\ | ||
+ | //User Name:// **//your SISSA username//** (in this example the username is hidden due to security reasons)\\ | ||
+ | //Connection security:// **SSL/TLS** \\ | ||
+ | //Authentication method:// **Normal password**. \\ | ||
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+ | About the //Server settings// section of this window, keep default options.\\ | ||
+ | In our example the options //Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit// and //Empty Trash on Exit// are activated, but this is just a suggestion, these are not compulsary options. | ||
+ | {{thu10-6.jpg|Check the content of this window carefully.}} |