These accounts correspond to the top-level folders displayed in the "All Folders" list.Īt the bottom of the left pane, click the Account Actions button and select Add Mail Account….Įnter your email account details and press Continue. Each email or newsgroup account that has already been configured is listed on the left side of the Account Settings dialog. security setting for the connection with the server (for example, "STARTTLS" or "SSL/TLS" and whether or not to use secure authentication)įirst, open the Account Settings: In the Thunderbird menu bar, click the Tools Edit menu and select Account Settings, or click the Application menu button and select Options Preferences and Account Settings from the sub-menu.outgoing mail server and port (for example, "" and port 25).incoming mail server and port (for example, "" and port 110 or "" and port 143).To manually configure an account, you will need to have the following details which can be supplied by your email provider. If an account that you created automatically was assigned to an IMAP rather than POP server, see the FAQ Changing IMAP to POP article. This page will show you the basic settings you need to send and receive emails. (See Automatic Account Configuration for more information.) However, you will need to manually configure your account if your email provider is not listed in Thunderbird's automatic configuration database, or if you have a non-standard email configuration. Outlook is now set up to send and receive your NMU G Suite gmail either as the default email client or when using the Microsoft Word mail merge feature.When you are configuring an email account, Thunderbird will often be able to do most of the configuration automatically. At the Mail window, change the pulldown menu choice for the “Always use this profile” field to “nmugusite”. Your IMAP account should be displayed in the “Account Settings” window. Once verified click “Close” and “Finish”.ġ7. Click “Next” and your access will be verified. This limits how much of your gmail content is kept offline on your computer’s hard drive.ġ6. Change the “Mail to keep offline:” cache slide control to “3 months” or “6 months”. Set the second “Use the following type of encrypted connection:” to “TLS”. Set the “Outgoing server (SMTP):” to port “587”. The “Incoming server (IMAP):” should default to port “993”. Click the “Advanced” tab and set “Use the following type of encrypted connection:” to “SSL”. Check the “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” check box and “Use same settings as my incoming server” button.ġ4. Fill in fields as in the example below set the Account Type: “IMAP”, Incoming mail server: “”, Outgoing mail server (SMTP): “, User Name: Password: your NMU password or the App Password created earlier if using Google 2-step-verification. Click the “POP or IMAP” option and click “Next”.ġ2. Click the “Manual setup or additional server types” button and click “Next”.ġ1. In the profile name field type “nmugsuite” and click “OK”.ġ0. To set up Outlook go to the Windows start menu enter “Control Panel” in the search field and select “Control Panel” from the results.ĩ. This is a unique password you will later need to enter into the Outlook settings.Ĥ. In addition, if you are using Google 2-step-verification you may need to set up a unique Google app password that will be used with Outlook. You will need to allow less secure apps to use your account by changing a gmail setting available here.ģ. See “Read Gmail messages on other email clients using IMAP”.Ģ. Before you set up Outlook you need to assure IMAP access has been turned on in your gmail settings. Any messages sent will show up in your "Sent" label associated with the gmail account and when your gmail account is accessed from browsers and other devices.ġ. This is true even if you set up gmail as your default email client.Īdding a gmail account to Outlook using IMAP will give you access to your gmail messages and labels but not your Google calendar or contacts. The “Send To, Mail recipient” feature in Windows and the Microsoft Word mail merge to email feature will not work unless Outlook is setup to use your NMU G Suite gmail account via IMAP using the instructions referenced on this page or the instructions for Setting up Outlook to send mail using the NMU Mail Gateway. Microsoft Windows uses Outlook as the default email client.
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