This web page will guide you through setting up Mozilla Thunderbird so that you can use it to send and receive e-mail through your JMAIL account.

Once you have Mozilla Thunderbird installed on your computer, do the following:

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings.

2. In the account settings window that appears, click on the Add Account button to create a new account.

   

3. The Account Wizard will begin. In the first window, leave the first choice (Email account) selected, then click Next.

4. In the Identity window that appears next, enter your full name in the Your Name box. In the Email Address box, enter your JMAIL or AJR address. Click the Next button.

   

5. In the Server Information window, choose IMAP as the type of incoming server you are using. In the Server Name box just below that, type jmail.umd.edu.

   

6. If this is the first time you've set up Mozilla Thunderbird for reading e-mail, then you will also see a section for entering the name of your Outgoing Server (SMTP). In that Server Name box, type jmail.umd.edu. If you do not have the option of defining your outgoing server on this screen, you will be able to do so in a later step. Click on the Next button to proceed.

   

7. In the User Name screen, enter your username in the User Name box. For JMAIL users, their username is just the first part of their email address. The part before the "@" symbol. For AJR users their username is their complete email address. For more information on the differences between JMAIL and AJR accounts click here.Click Next.

   

8. In the Account Name window, you can create a special name for your account. You can use the default name listed or change it to any name you want. In this example, we have renamed the default name to My JMAIL Account. Click Next.

   

9. The last screen in the Account Wizard will show you the information you have entered. Verify that the information you entered is correct (including the Outgoing Server Name if you were able to enter that information during the wizard). If you made any mistakes, use the Back button to correct them. Then click Finish to exit the wizard.

10. You will return to the Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings window. In the left column of that window, click on Outgoing Server (SMTP). The outgoing server settings will be displayed on the right. Make sure the Server Name is set to the appropriate outgoing server (if you were not given the option of changing the outgoing server during the Account Wizard, this is your opportunity to make the change). If you wish to use the Journalism SMTP server, ensure that the server name is jmail.umd.edu, make sure that the Use name and password checkbox is checked and that your username appears in the User Name box (as a reminder, JMAIL users just need to use the first part of their email address. AJR users need to use their complete email address as their user name.). Finally ensure that Use secure connection (SSL) is checked.

    

11. Go back to the left-hand column. You should see an item listed as My JMAIL Account(or what ever name you gave to your account). Click on the Server Settings entry beneath your account name. On the right side of the window, check the item marked Use Secure Connection (SSL). You should also ensure that Check for new messages at startup, Check for new messages every 10 minutes (or X minutes, X can equal any numeric value in minutes) and Cleanup ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit are also checked.

    

12. To make your JMAIL account your primary e-mail account in Thunderbird, click on the Set as Default button near the lower left corner of the window. By doing this, you are telling Thunderbird that you want it to check for new messages on your Journalism e-mail account every time you open the Thunderbird e-mail client.

13. Click on the OK button to finish configuring your e-mail settings. You will return to the main Thunderbird e-mail window. In the left column of the window, you should see the name of the e-mail account you just created. Select the account name and press the button. A Web Site Certified by Unknown Authority window will display. Ensure that Accept this certificate permanently is selected. Then click OK.

    

14. You will be prompted to enter the password for your e-mail account. Enter your password and click OK.

15. Your e-mail messages and any e-mail folders you have will soon appear. You can now use Mozilla Thunderbird to send and receive e-mail messages.

To learn how to add your University account to Mozilla Thunderbird click here.