Setting up Thunderbird to read e-mail from outside ESRF

This guide will show you how to read ESRF mail from home

You Need:

- Use of Thunderbird (IMAP) at ESRF (If you use POP or Eudora, please use webmail)
- Internet connection
- A modern PC (Mac OS X, Windows or Linux)

You can download Thunderbird from http://www.mozilla.org for your language or
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ to get an US International version as you have at work.

Downloading the ESRF version is not recommended since it is pre-configured to work inside ESRF. However, if you have an ESRF laptop, you can just add the SSL support to work at home:
http://intranet.esrf.fr/Computing/Assistance/Computers/InstallSoft/MozillaThunderbird/SSLConfig

We assume you have downloaded the US version of Thunderbird and you start it up:

• Select Email account
  You will be presented with the next screen:
  

• You fill in your name and official email at ESRF
• Select Next
  

•  Select IMAP
  (very important, otherwise your mailbox will be emptied onto your home PC)
• enter ssl.esrf.fr as Incoming and Outgoing server
• Select Next
  

• Enter your ESRF username (Site Username)  
• Select Next
  

• To change the Account name is optional
  
• Select Next
  

• Select Finish
• Select Tools->Account Settings:
  

•  Select Server Settings
  

• Select SSL in the Security Settings box
• You can profit from a clean Inbox and Trash if you check Clean up.. on Exit and Empty Trash on Exit
  

• Select Advanced...
  

• - Nothing in [IMAP server directory]

  - Uncheck [Show only subscribed folders]

  - Uncheck [Server supports folders...]

  - Set 1 to [Maximum number of server connections to cache]

  - and [OK]

• Write Mail as IMAP server directory (in order to see all your folders) and
  Unselect Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages

• OK it and select Outgoing Server
  

•  Here the important part is to select SSL
• The Description is optional