Thunderbird - Self Setup Instructions

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1. Create a folder in your "My Documents" folder called "thunderbird_profile" (do not use quotes)
   1. Double click your "My documents" folder on your desktop.
   2. Click the File Menu, click "New" then click "Folder" to create a new folder 'in the root directory (top level).
   3. Rename the folder to "thunderbird_profile" (x:\thunderbird_profile for desktop users or d:\thunderbird_profile for laptop users'.)
2. Check mail once with Eudora, then CLOSE Eudora.
3. Change your e-mail delivery point to NACS by completing the following steps:
   1. Log on to http://phwww.cwis.uci.edu/cgi-bin/phupdate.
   2. Select "NACS Mailbox Services"
   3.  
   4. Click "Submit Change Request" 
4. Click Start, Programs, Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird to open Thunderbird.  Enter your UCInetID password.
5. Click Tools >Import  to import Eudora mail into Thunderbird:
6. 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:
   1. Select Eudora and Click Next.
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7. After mail is imported, import your old address book (if applicable)
   1. In Thunderbird, go to Tools\Import
   2. Select "Address Books" and click "Next
   3. Select "Eudora" and click "Next"
8. Do NOT import Eudora Settings.   The server settings will automatically be set when you start Thunderbird.
9. In Thunderbird click the "Tools" Menu, Account Settings, and type in your Full Name in the "Your Name" field
10. **Laptop Users only:  Click Tools, Click Account Settings, Click "Offline & Disk Space" on the left side.
    1. 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"
    2. 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.
    3. This ensures previously read e-mail is available anytime you are off the network, (on the plane, in the car, etc)
11. *Important*  Please send an e-mail to Jeremy at jpaje@uci.edu to confirm you have switched over to Thunderbird.  You will need to enter your UCInetID password the first time you send e-mail for that session.  For security reasons, we discourage password saving as we did in Eudora.

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