Instructions on Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird 1.x
For the instructions for Mozilla Thunderbird 3.x
or 5.x, click
here.
You can configure Thunderbird
to send and receive your mail by:
Start Thunderbird.
From the 'Edit' menu, select 'Account Settings' (or
'Tools' -> 'Account Settings' with older versions of
Thunderbird)
Select 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)'. Enter mail.ncf.ca
as the Server Name.
Select 'SSL' for 'Use secure connection' (this
should automatically use port 465).
Select 'Use name and password' and use your NCF
account ID (eg., ab123).
Click the 'Add Account' button.
Select 'Email account' and click Next
Enter your name and your email address (like
ab123@ncf.ca or my_email_alias@ncf.ca). Click
Next
Choose to use POP or IMAP to get your mail from the
incoming mail server (what's the
difference between POP and IMAP?). The incoming server
name is: mail.ncf.ca Click Next.
Enter your accountID for the User Name (e.g. ab123).
Click Next.
For Account Name, just use what Thunderbird suggests.
Click Next then click Finish.
Select 'Server Settings' under the new account you just
created and select 'SSL' for 'Use secure connection'
and click OK.
