Mozilla Thunderbird

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Mozilla Thunderbird is an e-mail client made by the Mozilla Corporation. The current version is 1.5.0.10. To download Thunderbird, visit Mozilla's website.

Configuring Thunderbird

Windows IMAP

Please verify that you are running the most current version of .
From the Tools menu select Account Settings, and verify the following:

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Converting from Eudora

1. Visit to download the newest version of Thunderbird
2. Follow directions for Configuring IMAP email.
3. While in Thunderbird - Open the Tools menu and select import....

1. A better way to transfer your Eudora Address Book to Thunderbird can be found on our [EudoraConverter] wiki page.

Macintosh IMAP

From the Tools menu select Account Settings

Setting up a Signature

1. Open Notepad or another text editor
2. Open up a new document
3. Type out your signature
4. Save as a .txt file
5. Open up Thunderbird
6. Open up Tools and go to Account Settings
7. Check the box next to attach this signature and Choose
8. Open the .txt file that you just created
9. Click OK

Subscribe to Folders

Mac

1. Go to the File menu
2. Click Subscribe
3. Click Refresh
4. Click once on the folder you want to subscribe to
5. Click the subscribe button.
6. Click OK.

Windows

1. Go the File menu
2. Click Subscribe
3. Click Refresh
4. Check the folders you want to subscribe to
5. Click OK.

Configuring Directory Services

1. Go to Tools --> Account Settings.
2. In options, click on "composition and addressing".
3. Click on "use a different LDAP server" and click "edit directories".
4. There you will need to click "add" and put in the settings displaced in the picture.
5. Also go to Tools --> Options and under the "Composition" tab check the "directory server" box and select "ldap.gac.edu."

LDAP settings

Turning off LDAP

On campus at �鶹��Ƶ, Thunderbird is typically configured to use LDAP look up when composing messages. This feature will populate the To: field with matches when you begin typing an email address. To configure Thunderbird to use LDAP see Mozilla_Thunderbird#Configuring_Directory_Services

This feature needs to be turned off if a machine (laptop) goes off campus, as access to the LDAP information is blocked by a firewall.

To turn LDAP off:

1. From the Tools menu - select Account Settings
2. In the Composition and Addressing section - under the Addressing area - toggle the Use a Different LDAP Server to None.