This set-up guide will use information for John Smith as an example.  John Smith has abc123@campus.usask.ca as an e-mail address and has john.smith@usask.ca as an e-mail alias.

Please Note: An e-mail alias (e.g. firstname.lastname@usask.ca) is created in mits.usask.ca and for this guide has been used in the Thunderbird setup.  If you have not already created an e-mail alias for your nsid@campus.usask.ca e-mail address, please login to mits.usask.ca to create one.

• If you have never used Thunderbird on the computer you are using follow the Steps below.

• If you have already used Thunderbird on the computer you are using, skip to Modifying an Existing Account.

Initial Account Set Up

1. Download the Thunderbird e-mail client. (http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/)

2. Install the Thunderbird program by dragging Thunderbird from the mounted disk image to your Applications Folder:

3. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.

4. Enter the following information:

• Your name as you want it to appear when you send email
• Your email alias (i.e. john.smith@usask.ca) ; if you have not created an alias please create one.
• Your NSID password

5. Press Continue.

6. Thunderbird will attempt to find the settings for your email account automically and return the following:

7. Press the Manual config button.

8. Make the following changes:

• Incoming Server hostname: enter campus.usask.ca
• Incoming Port: select 993
• Incoming SSL: select SSL/TLS
• Incoming Authentication: select Normal password
• Username: enter your NSID

9. Press Create Account.

Modify an Existing Account

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird program.

2. Click on the Tools pull-down menu and select Account Settings:

3. In the Account Settings window under account list select Server Settings:

4. Make the following changes:

• For server name: type in campus.usask.ca
• For connection security: select SSL/TLS

5. Press OK.