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For more detailed technical information about ISPDB and autoconfiguration, how to use it and add a record to it, see Autoconfiguration in Thunderbird at MDN web docs.This article explains how to configure the Mozilla Thunderbird email client to receive your Illinois State University Office 365 email account. However, please ask your email provider to submit their ISP connection information.
You can help! If your email server information is not found when you create your account, you must configure your account manually. The Thunderbird team wants to collect server information for as many ISP and webmail providers as possible. See the FAQ Changing IMAP to POP article if you need to change the incoming server from IMAP to POP.
(The information is probably available from their website.) See the Manual Account Configuration article for full instructions. Your email account provider can provide details on connection information. This is done via the Account Settings dialog, accessed from the Tools menu. If your account cannot be automatically configured by Thunderbird, you must manually configure it. (See Manual Account Configuration for help.)Īfter creating the account, Thunderbird will display the new account: Thunderbird will create a new account with the details shown and then open the Account Settings dialog so that you can make further changes. Manual Setup.: Manually configure the account.Cancel: Abort the automatic setup of the account.Create Account: Click this button to create a new account.(To get a better understanding of the technical details for both protocols, see Glossary of Terms including types of Accounts and IMAP Synchronization.)
Email providers may provide access by either the IMAP or POP protocol, or may support both. The POP protocol only allows messages to be stored locally. IMAP, the more modern protocol, allows you to store messages on the mail server and on your local machine at the same time. IMAP and POP are the standard protocols for retrieving emails. You have the option to choose either IMAP or POP as your incoming mail protocol.
Incoming mail: IMAP on, using Secure Socket Layer (SSL).In the above case, the provider data has been used to fill in the account details and configure the services offered: When you click Continue, Thunderbird will look up the email provider and attempt to determine the server settings. Under "Create a new account" "Set up an account", click "Email" to display the dialog box shown below. Under the "Accounts" heading there are two options: "View settings for this account" and "Create a new account" "Set up an account". Another way to add a new account is to click on an existing account name (the displayed email address). The dialog box is also displayed when you add a new email account (using File > New > Existing Mail Account… or via the Account Settings). Next you will be asked to provide details about your email account in the dialog box shown below.
(At this stage close any windows that propose to set up an email service and carry on). The first time you open Thunderbird after installing, you are prompted to create a profile. Your computer must be connected to the Internet for Thunderbird to create your account automatically.