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

2. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.

3. 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

4. Press Continue.

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

6. Press the Manual config button.

7. Make the following changes:

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

8. 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. Click on 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)'

6. If 'Server Name' is not 'smtp.usask.ca' or 'Port' is not '587' or 'Connection Security' is not 'STARTTLS', click on the 'Edit' button to change the settings

7. Enter the correct settings as below

8. Click 'OK' to save the SMTP settings.

9. Click 'OK' again to save Account settings.