Configuring E-mail Programs for CULink — Thunderbird for Macintosh

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Overview

If you are familiar with setting up an e-mail account with Thunderbird, you can skip to the Quick Start Configuration Settings. If you need assistance in setting up your new account, this document will walk you through setting up a CULink account. You can configure Thunderbird to send and receive CULink e-mail messages. These instructions are for all CULink e-mail users (faculty, staff, students, and sponsored affiliates).

Instructions

Note: these instructions are based off Thunderbird 1.5 for Macintosh operating systems.

Note: If this is NOT the first time you have ever used Thunderbird, your configuration steps will look different than the ones below.

1. To configure Thunderbird to send and receive messages for CULink, click on the Create a new account button, a shown below:

2. In the New Account Setup window, select Email account and click on the Continue button.

3. In the Identity section enter your information:

1. In the Your Name: text field, enter your first and last name.
2. In the Email Address: text field, enter your e-mail address. Please use the first.last@colorado.edu format.

4. Click on the Continue button.

5. In the Server section, do the following:

1. Select IMAP
2. In the Incoming Server: text field, enter culink.colorado.edu
3. In the Outgoing Server: text field, enter smtp.colorado.edu
   • Note: if you have ever used Thunderbird for e-mail you will not see an Outgoing Server: text field. That is okay, outgoing server information will be configured in later steps for all users.

6. Click on the Continue button.

7. In the User Names section enter your information.

1. In the Incoming User Name: text field, enter your CU Login Name.
2. In the Outgoing User Name: text field, enter your CU Login Name.
   • Note: if you have ever configured Thunderbird for outgoing e-mail you will not see an Outgoing User Name: text field. That is okay, outgoing server information will be configured in later steps for all users.

8. Click on the Continue button.

9. In the Account Name: text field, enter CULink.

10. Click on the Continue button.

11. Confirm the configuration settings and click on the Done button.

• Note: if you have ever configured Thunderbird for outgoing e-mail your Outgoing User Name and Outgoing Server Name may not seem accurate, especially compared to the image below. That is okay, outgoing server information will be configured in later steps for all users.

12. Your account will now appear in the account settings window. Click on Server Settings.

13. In the Security Settings section, select SSL.

14. Click on the Advanced... button.

15. In the IMAP server directory: text field enter INBOX in all capital letters.

16. Click on the OK button.

17. Next, click on Outgoing Server (SMTP).

18. The next step is separated between new Thunderbird users and those who have used Thunderbird before:

New Thunderbird Users

1. Select smtp.colorado.edu and click on the Edit button.

Existing Thunderbird Users

2. Click on the Add... button.

19. For all Thunderbird users, the Settings window will open.

1. In the Description: text field, enter SMTP
2. In the Server Name: text field, enter smtp.colorado.edu

20. In the Security and Authentication section, do the following:

1. Check mark Use name and password
2. In the User Name: text field, enter your CU Login Name
3. Select TLS

21. Click on the OK button.

22. Back at the account settings window, click on your new account, CULink.

23. Make sure that the Outgoing Server (SMTP): drop-down menu is set to smtp.colorado.edu.

24. Click on the OK button.

25. You can begin using Thunderbird to send and receive CULink e-mail messages.

Quick Start Configuration Settings

• Incoming Mail Server
  • Type:  IMAP
  • Host: culink.colorado.edu
    • SSL Enabled
    • Authentication: Password
    • Port: 993
  • User name: your CU Login name
  • Password: your IdentiKey password
  • Root Folder Path: INBOX
• Outgoing Mail Server
  • Type: SMTP
  • Host: smtp.colorado.edu
    • TLS Enabled
    • Authentication: Password
    • Port: 25
  • User name: your CU Login name
  • Password: your IdentiKey password

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