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Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird (Windows) To Check Buckeye Mail



NOTE: You must access Buckeye Mail at least once on the web to complete the account setup before you can use a client.

To configure Mozilla Thunderbird to check Buckeye Mail:

  1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird. The Account Wizard will run the first time that you open Thunderbird. If the Internet Connection Wizard does not run when you first open Thunderbird, do the following:
    1. On the Tools pull-down menu, click Account Settings.
    2. On the "Account Settings" page, click Add Account.

  2. In the Account Wizard, on the New Account Setup page, select "Email account", and then click Next or Continue.

  3. On the Identity page, in the Your Name field, enter your name as you want it to appear in the "From" field of your outgoing messages. In the Email Address field, enter your e-mail address: lastname.#@buckeyemail.osu.edu.

  4. On the Server Information page, select POP or IMAP (What's the difference?) then click Next or Continue. You might want to use IMAP because it supports more features.

  5. In the Incoming Server field (for both POP3 and IMAP), enter: outlook.com.

  6. In the Outgoing Server field, enter: pod51000.outlook.com and change the port number to 587

  7. On the User Names page, in the Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name fields, enter your full e-mail address: lastname.#@buckeyemail.osu.edu and click Next or Continue.

  8. On the Account Name page, enter the name you want to use to refer to this e-mail account (Example: Buckeye Mail), and then click Next or Continue.

  9. On the Congratulations page, review your configurations, and then click Finish or Done to exit the wizard.

    After you complete this step, a reminder may tell you that you need to set up your connection to Buckeye Mail to use SSL or TLS. You'll need to do this before you can use the new account, and will do so in the next step. Click OK.

  10. Set up Thunderbird to use SSL or TLS as required by Buckeyemail:
      Note: If the Account Settings page doesn't open automatically, go to the Tools pull-down menu, click Account Settings.
    1. In the navigation pane of Account Settings, select "Outgoing Server (SMTP)". On the Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings page, select the Buckeye Mail SMTP server, and then click Edit.
    2. For "Security and Authentication", under "Use secure connection", select TLS and click OK.
    3. In the navigation pane of Account Settings, under your Buckeye Mail configuration, select "Server Settings".
    4. On the Server Settings page, under Security Settings, select SSL, and then click OK
    5. If you selected POP3 as your server type, under Server Settings, it's a good idea to select "Leave messages on the server". This keeps a copy of the messages you retrieve to your local computer on the server. This also lets you access your messages from a different mail application, for example, Buckeye Mail Web Access.

  11. In the "Mail Server Password Required" message box, type your Buckeye Mail password. If you want Thunderbird to remember your password, click "Use Password Manager to Remember this password".



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Create Date: 03-08-2009
Last Reviewed: 11-08-2009
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