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Prerequisites For Using Imap
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Contact the Help desk to get your account ready to use IMAP. |
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Please Note: This is the only way your account will will work with IMAP. |
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Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird.
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If you are installing Mozilla for the first time cancel out of the startup wizard and proceed to the next step. |
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| How to configure Thunderbird. |
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Start by Clicking Tools on the menu bar and select Account Settings. |
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An Account Settings window will open. |
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Click the Add Account button which will open the Account Wizard.
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Select the radio button by Email Account and click Next which will open the Identity window. |
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In the Your Name field put your name and in the Email Address field put you SCC email address then click Next. |
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Here in the Server Information window select IMAP and in the Incoming Server Field put imap.southwesterncc.edu. |
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If your window looks like the window above click Next to open the window to verify that your user name is correct. |
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If you user name is correct click Next. If it is not right enter your correct user name then click Next. |
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In the Account Name Field put SCC Email Account and click Next then Finish. |
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Now you are back at the Account Settings window. |
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Under the SCC Email Account Click on the Server Settings option. |
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In the Security Settings section make sure the radio button for TLS is selected. |
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Then click on the Outgoing Server (SMTP) option. |
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On the Right click on the Add button which will open a SMTP Server setting setup window. |
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In the Settings area make sure the following is setup. |
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Set the Server Name: imap.southwesterncc.edu |
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Set the Port to: 465 |
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In the Security and Authentication area make sure that the User Name and password box is checked and your email address is in the User Name field. Then make sure TLS radio button is selected and Click OK. |
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Click OK to exit the Account Settings dialog box. |
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Click the Get Mail button and enter your password. |
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| Please Note: If you have a lot of email in your in box it will take some time to download all of those messages. |
