ARCHIVED: Read Exchange mail using IMAP in Mozilla Thunderbird for macOS
If this is the first time you are configuring an account in Thunderbird, a "Mail Account Setup" window might appear. If it does, skip to step 3 and continue with the instructions. Also, if it asks to create a new email account, click .
- In Thunderbird, from the menu, select .
- In the sheet that appears, click , and then select .
- In the next sheet, next to "Your name:", enter your name as you want it to appear in the "From:" field of your outgoing messages.
- Next to "Email address:", type your IU email address.
If you are unsure of your exact IU email address, see Your IU email address.
- Next to "Password:", enter your IU passphrase. Click .
- In the next sheet, Thunderbird will attempt to guess your mail settings, but will fail. It will then allow you to manually enter your settings.
- In the pop-up menu next to the "Incoming:" field, make sure that
imap.exchange.iu.edu
. In the next field under "Port", select . For "SSL", choose ; under "Authentication", select .
is selected. In the "Server hostname" field, type - Next to "Outgoing:", under "Server hostname", type
mail-relay.iu.edu
. In the field under "Port", select . For "SSL", choose ; under "Authentication", select . - Next to "Username:", type your IU username if it isn't already entered.
- Click or .
To customize your settings, click the
menu and select .If you have difficulties sending mail from Thunderbird, try reducing the maximum number of server connections to cache to 1:
- From the menu, select .
- In the section for your IMAP account, click and then .
- Under "Maximum number of server connections to cache", enter
1
.
To resolve other IMAP mail client errors, see ARCHIVED: If you have problems sending mail from your IMAP mail client.
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Last modified on 2021-04-13 08:33:04.