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Mozilla Thunderbird IMAP - Exchange 2007
- Prerequisites
- First you'll need an Exchange server account. If you don't already have one then send an email to Computing Account Desk to request an account.
- Configuring Thunderbird
- Start Thunderbird and go to Tools; Account Settings. Press Add Account... Then press Next.
Enter your name and email address, and then press Next.
Change the type of incoming server to IMAP. Enter the server name as email.slac.stanford.edu and press Next.
- Just press Next on the User Names screen - leaving your userid in both fields.
- You can leave Account Name field as is too and press Next.
- Now you'll see a screen like the one below and you can press Finish. But we're not quite done yet...
- You will need to know change the Server Settings so that incoming email settings are SSL encrypted. Click on Server Settings in the Account Settings window. Then select SSL in the Security Settings window on the right. Also place a checkmark in front of Clean up Inbox on Exit and Empty Trash on Exit. Then press OK.
- Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) on the left and then press Add... on the right. Fill in the fields as shown below and then press OK twice.
- Click on the Inbox just under the account you created and you will be prompted for your Windows password. Once entered your Inbox will be downloaded. As with most other IMAP clients you will need to configure what folders to be included. You can individually choose folders via File; Subscribe. Alternatively you could have all folders included automatically via: Tools; Account Settings; Server Settings; Advanced; and uncheck the box in front of Show only subscribed folders.
- Pulling in Old UNIX Emails
- If you are running Thunderbird on a UNIX system where you have access to your old UNIX emails then you can transfer your old Unix IMAP mail to Exchange server if you select "Local Folders" in the left pane of the "Account Settings". Then click the 'Browse' button under the "Local directory" in the right pane. Navigate to the location in Unix where your old IMAP mail was stored. You can then click on the Unix folders. Let it count the messages. Once that is done you can drag these folders into the Exchange server.
- Adding a LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server for Address lookup
- If desired, you may add the SLAC LDAP Server to your Address Book. Select Tools; Address Book. Choose File; New; LDAP Directory. Enter ldap.slac.stanford.edu into the first two fields and press OK.
- To set the ldap server as the default address book when composing messages do the following: Tools; Options; Composition; Addressing tab. Place a checkmark in front of Directory Server and choose ldap.slac.stanford.edu from the drop-down. Press OK.
- Important Notes
- Restart Thunderbird to ensure all preferences and settings are saved.
- Since you're connecting to your MS Exchange mailbox, you'll be using your Windows password.
- After you read your mail for the first time you may want to change the place where your Sent items are stored and you'll do that by updating the contents of "Copies and Folders" within the "Account Settings" to select the "Sent Items" folder which is the default on the Exchange server.
- Getting Mail Routed to Your New Inbox
- If you have a Unix account you should set up forwarding. Finally, you should verify your Mailrouter address is correct. You can check it here and if it does not say it is sending your email to Exchange server then contact Computing Account Services.
Last Updated: 11/04/2009
