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Thunderbird 1.5

What is Thunderbird? What are the system requirements? Is there anything I should know before installing Thunderbird? How do I set up Thunderbird? How do I use Thunderbird? How do I un-install Thunderbird? How Do I Get Product Updates? How Do I Get Help?

To Install Thunderbird 1.5, press the INSTALL BUTTON

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I. What is Thunderbird?

Thunderbird  is an electronic mail management program. It can send, receive, and organize your e-mail messages. This program uses IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols to receive and send messages. People who access their e-mail from one location are best suited for mail programs that use the POP3 protocol. GatorLink services, CIRCA grove accounts, and CNS nersp accounts provide e-mail servers that use the POP protocol. Faculty, staff, and students of the University of Florida can freely use this program for noncommercial purposes.

Thunderbird provides a wide variety of features including:

• Easy to use Windows graphical interface.
• Provides the most effective tools for detecting junk mail. Our tools analyze your e-mail and identify those that are most likely to be junk. You can automatically have your junk mail deleted or you can put it in a folder you specify, just in case you like reading junk mail.
• An address book capable of using nickname-aliases.
• Mail filtering and search capabilities.
• Enterprise and government grade security features such as S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, support for certificates and security devices.
• Message sorting capability.

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II. What are the system requirements?

Thunderbird requires the following:

• A PC running Microsoft Windows 2000/XP or Windows NT 4.0 or higher.
• Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
• 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
• 52 MB hard drive space
• A POP3 or IMAP mail account via an Internet Service Provider or a network connection
• Access to your mail account via PPP dial-up networking using a modem or a TCP/IP Internet-style network connection

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III. Is there anything I should know before installing Thunderbird?

During the installation, we recommend doing the following:

• If you uninstall an earlier version of Thunderbird, restart your system before installing Thunderbird 1.5. Files might exist that cannot be deleted until your system is restarted.

 
• Read the Software License Agreement. It explains your rights to use the product and informs you of the products copyrights.

 
• Restart the computer after installing Thunderbird.
  
• Thunderbirdautomatically updates itself and it does not notify the user when it has done so. If you would like to disable this feature, you can change it by navigating to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Update.

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IV. How do I set up Thunderbird?

Note: The copy of Thunderbird that is available for download is already set up for GatorLink e-mail, all that you need to add is your username and password for it to function. Below you can find instructions if you need to set up other another ufl.edu account such as CNS or Grove.

1. After Installing and Opening Thunderbird click Tools then Account Settings. In the account settings window choose Add Account









2. Select E-mail Account and click Next to begin setup
3. In the Name field, use your real name. This name will appear in all of your e-mail messages.
4. Type in username @ufl.edu for GatorLink accounts.
   
   
   
   
5. After you have entered your name and email address, click Next
6. Select IMAP under Select the type of incoming server you are using
7. Type in imap.ufl.edu for GatorLink accounts
8. In the Outgoing Server field, enter the name of your SMTP mail server.
9. If you are checking a University of Florida email account, enter: smtp.ufl.edu
   
   
   
   
10. Click Next
11. For Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name (Enter your Gatorlink Username)
    
    
    
    
12. Click Next
13. For Account Name enter the name which you would like to refer to this account.
14. Verify your settings and click Finish
    
    
    
    
15. At the bottom of the Account Settings menu, to the left, select Outgoing Mail Server(SMTP)
16. Select the mail account and click Edit.
    
    
    
    
    
17. In the SMTP Server box that pops up, check the box beside user name and password. In the field labeled Port type in 587.
18. Under User secure connection, check TLS
19. Click Ok
    
    
    
    
20. Setup is complete

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    V. How do I use Thunderbird?

    Most of Thunderbird can be learned through trial and error. The program provides help in the Help menu under the Help option.  Information can also be found in the Thunderbird Support Web Form.

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    VI. How do I un-install Thunderbird?

    1. Click on the Start button.
    2. Select Settings and then click on Control Panel.
    3. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Add/Remove Programs shortcut.
    4. Scroll down the list of installed applications.
    5. Select Mozilla Thunderbird (x.xx).
    6. Click on the Add/Remove button.
    7. Follow the instructions on the screen.

    We recommend removing one program at a time and restarting the computer after removing a program.

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    VII. How do I get product updates?

    Thunderbird is developed through Mozilla Foundation and is under constant development.  The latest versions of this program can be found on the following:

    • Thunderbird's Home Page at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
    • On the UF Software CD -- However, the UF Software CD, which is distributed through the Tech Hub, is only updated about every quarter and therefore may not have the most current version.

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    VIII. How do I get help?

    For assistance installing this program or using this CD-ROM, please contact the UF Computing Help Desk at 392-HELP (4357) or by emailing us a helpdesk@ufl.edu.

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