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- Create a folder in your "My Documents" folder called "thunderbird_profile" (do not use quotes)
- Double click your "My documents" folder on your desktop.
- Click the File Menu, click "New" then click "Folder" to create a new folder 'in the root directory (top level).
- Rename the folder to "thunderbird_profile" (x:\thunderbird_profile for desktop users or d:\thunderbird_profile for laptop users'.)
- Close/Exit Eudora if it is openCheck mail once with Eudora, then CLOSE Eudora.
- Change your e-mail delivery point to NACS by completing the following steps:
- Log on to http://phwww.cwis.uci.edu/cgi-bin/phupdate.
- Select "NACS Mailbox Services"
- Click "Submit Change Request"
- Click Start, Programs, Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird to open Thunderbird. Enter your UCInetID password.
- If the Import Wizard displays (and if not go to Tools>Import) to choose Import Eudora mail into Thunderbird by completing the following:
- This step may take a long time (anywhere from a few minutes min - 1 hour (in rare cases more)) depending on the amount of e-mail stored in Eudora:
- Select Eudora and Click Next.
- After mail is imported, import your old address book (if applicable)
- In Thunderbird, go to Tools\Import
- Select "Address Books" and click "Next
- Select "Eudora" and click "Next"
- Do NOT import Eudora Settings. The server settings will automatically be set when you start Thunderbird.
- In Thunderbird click the "Tools" Menu, Account Settings, and type in your Full Name in the "Your Name" field
- **Laptop Users only: Click Tools, Click Account Settings, Click "Offline & Disk Space" on the left side.
- Check the two boxes that say "Make the message in my Inbox available when I am working offline" and "When I create folders, make them available for offline use"
- Click "Select Folders for Offline use" and check the folders you would like to be able to read when you are not connected to the network.
- This ensures previously read e-mail is available anytime you are off the network, (on the plane, in the car, etc)
- *Important* Please send an e-mail to Jeremy at jpaje@uci.edu to confirm you have switched over to Thunderbird so we can make sure anything that gets sent directly to apollo will be forwarded to your ucinetid@es.nacs.uci.edu account. You will need to enter your UCInetID password the first time you send e-mail for that session. For security reasons, like Eudora, we discourage password saving.
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