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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I configure Mozilla Thunderbird to access my BIGRED email account?

 

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Edit › Account Settings... › Add Account...
Select Email account
Press Next



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Enter your name as you want it to appear on outgoing email messages.
Enter your BIGRED email address (all in lowercase).
Press Next



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Choose IMAP
Incoming Server is bigred.unl.edu
Outgoing Server is smtp.unl.edu
Press Next



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Incoming User Name is your BIGRED account name
Outgoing User Name is also your BIGRED account name
Press Next



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Account Name is whatever you want to identify this Thunderbird account (defaults to email address)
Press Next



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Press Finish



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Enter your BIGRED password.
Check Use Password Manager to remember this password.
Press OK



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Edit › Account Settings... › Server Settings for the Thunderbird account you just created
"When I delete a message" select Mark it as deleted
Note: This mimics the action that Webmail uses. Leave it as Move it to the Trash folder if you do not want Thunderbird and Webmail to behave the same.
Press OK



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Edit › Account Settings... › Copies & Folders for the Thunderbird account you just created
"Place a copy in" select Othersent-mail on your Thunderbird account name
Press OK



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Edit › Account Settings... › Outgoing Server (SMTP) for the Thunderbird account you just created (or Default)
User Name Enter your My.UNL username.
Use secure connection Select TLS
Press OK
Press OK



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The first time you send a message:
Select Accept this certificate permanently
Press OK



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Enter your My.UNL password.
Check Use Password Manager to remember this password.
Press OK