Thunderbird Configuration

Overview

Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client

Procedures

1. Open Thunderbird
2. Click Menu at the upper right (3 bars)
3. Click Account Settings…
4. Click Account Actions
5. Click Add Mail Account…
6. Enter Your Name (whatever you want to show up on sent emails)
7. Enter your email (rcs_id@rpi.edu)
8. Enter your password
9. Check the Remember password box
10. Click Continue
11. At Authentication failed enter in Your login your username:  win\RCSuserid
12. Click Continue
13. Click Configure manually
14. Incoming:
    
    • First dropdown should be IMAP
    • Server hostname should be exchange.rpi.edu
    • Port should be 993
    • SSL should be SSL/TLS
    • Authentication should be Normal Password
    • Username should be: win\RCSuserid
15. Outgoing:
    • Server hostname should be exchange.rpi.edu
    • Port should be 587
    • SSL should be STARTTLS
    • Authentication should be Normal Password
    • Username should be: win\RCSuserid
16. Click Advanced config
    
    • Click OK on Confirm Advanced Configuration box

NOTE:  Additional Thunderbird configuration step for version 78 or newer:

1. Close Account Settings box
2. Click on the Menu -- upper right (3 bars)
3. Go to Options -> General tab on left -> scroll all the way to to the bottom to click on Config Editor
4. Click on I accept the risk
5. In the search, put in security.tls.version.min -> press Enter ->  change value to 1
6. Close Options
7. Send a test message.

Last Reviewed: 26-Jul-2018