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Basic settings
- Start Thunderbird. Click on File, then New, and then Account... Click Next to continue.
- Choose Email Account and click Next to continue.
- Identity: Enter the full name as it will appear on outgoing emails in the first field. Enter the full email address in the second field. Click Next to continue.
- Server Information: Select IMAP account. Set the incoming mail server (IMAP) to "imap-server.oswego.edu". The outgoing email server (SMTP) should be set to "smtp-server.oswego.edu". Click Next to continue.
- User Names: Enter your SUNY Oswego email account username only. Click Next to continue.
- Account Name: Leave this field as-is. Click Next to continue.
- Verify the account info is correct, and click Finish to create the account
IMAP Server Settings
Once the account has been created using the wizard, some additional settings must be modified.
If you are not already viewing the IMAP server settings, begin from the Mail window:
- Open the Tools menu and choose Account Settings.
- Select the account name and click the Server Settings category. Make sure the following items are all checked:
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- Check for new messages at startup
- Check for new messages every 10 minutes
- When I delete a message, move it to the trash folder
- Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on exit
- Empty Trash on exit
- Click on the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) item in the left-hand pane.
- Highlight the current SMTP server and click the Edit button.
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- Check the Use Name and Password box, and enter your email account username (not your email address!) in the User Name field.
- Change the contents of the Outgoing Mail Server field to "smtp-server.oswego.edu".
- Change the Port number to 587.
- Under the Security and Authentication section, Check Use TLS If Available.
- Click OK.
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