Setting up Thunderbird Beta Testers - Self Setup Instructions

Keep in mind all steps below are safe and reversible.  As long as you don't purposely delete your x:\mail folder (d:\mail on laptops), you don't have to worry about losing any old mail.  As in the past, this will be setup to only view your UCI e-mail. (No personal e-mail accounts are supported)

1. Adcom's custom Thunderbird package should already be installed on your machine.  If you do not see a Thunderbird icon on your desktop, please put in a request to Adcom Desktop Support to have the "Thunderbird package" installed on your system.
2. Change you 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" 
3. Click Start, Programs, Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird to open Thunderbird
4. When the Import Wizard displays, import Eudora mail into Thunderbird by completing the following (The following step may take a long time (up to an hour or more) depending on the amount of e-mail stored in Eudora:
   1. Select Eudora and Click Next.
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5. After mail is imported, import your old address book (if applicable)
   1. In Thunderbird, go to Tools\Import
   2. Go to import wizard to import Eudora Address Book
   3. Go through import wizard again to import Eudora addresses. 
6. In Thunderbird click the "Tools" Menu, Account Settings, and type in your Full Name in the "Your Name" field
7. In Thunderbird click Tools, Options, Composition.  Click the "Addressing" tab.  Check the "Directory Server" box and select "UCI Phone Book" in the dropdown list.  This allows name searches in the "To" field of a new message.
8. *Important*  Send an e-mail to Jeremy at jpaje@uci.edu to confirm you have switched over to Thunderbird.