Transcript Document 7379854

Mozilla Thunderbird
Roderick Bautista
Cheryl Knott
Gyeong Lee
Lee Raynes
Kelly Santos
Introduction
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Installation
Configuration
Secure Email Clients for UMBC WebMail
Using RSS
Installation
• Free download
• http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
Configuring Thunderbird
To get started, click on “Email Account”
then click “Next”.
Configuring Thunderbird
Enter your full name in the “Your Name”
field. Then enter your e-mail address in
the “Email address” field. Click “Next” to
continue.
Configuring Thunderbird
Select IMAP server configuration.
Enter “imap.umbc.edu”in the
“Incoming server” field, then enter
“smtp.umbc.edu” in the Outgoing
server field. Click “Next” to
continue.
Thunderbird Configuration
Enter your username for
each of the next text fields.
Click “Next” to continue.
Thunderbird Configuration
Enter your full e-mail address
(such as “[email protected]”) in
the “Account Name” next field.
Click “Next” to continue.
Thunderbird Configuration
Click “Finish” to close the
configuration window.
Thunderbird Configuration
You will then be prompted for
your password, and enter it in
the box that appears.
Configuring Secure E-mail
Clients for UMBC Web Mail
• In order to use the new security features of UMBC mail,
you will need to change the settings of your e-mail client.
In this case, the e-mail client is Mozilla Thunderbird.
• To get started, open Thunderbird.
• Click on “Tools” and choose “Account Settings”.
Secure Email Clients
Click ‘Server Settings’ in the left
column.
Enter the Server Name and Port:
Server Name: imap.umbc.edu
Port: 993
Make sure to check the ‘Use
secure connection (SSL)’ option
under Server Settings.
Secure Email Clients
Click ‘outgoing server (SMTP) option.
Secure Email Clients
Click “Edit” and the
“STMP Server” window
will open.
Secure Email Clients
Enter Server Name and Port:
Server Name:
smtp.umbc.edu
Port: 587
Check the ‘Use name and
password’ option.
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Click on the TLS option under
“Use Secure Connection.”
Click “OK” to leave the
“STMP Server” window.
Click “OK” on the “Account
Settings” window to go back
to the main screen for
Thunderbird.
Using RSS
• What is RSS?
• Allows a browser or other internet
application to view updated news articles
or updated pages. An xml document helps
to update a program on newer articles.
Using RSS
Access the ‘File’ menu in the upper
left, and access the ‘New’ and then
the ‘Account’ option under that.
The ‘Account Wizard’ window pops
up with a title of ‘New Account
Setup.’ Select the ‘RSS & News
Blogs’ button and click ‘Next’
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The next window pops up with
a title of ‘Account Name.’
Change the account name if
you wish. (“News & Blogs” by
default). Click the “Next” button
at the bottom of the window.
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The next window pops
up with ‘Congratulations’
for the title. Select the
‘Finish’ button at this
window.
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The account is placed under
the list on the left frame of
Thunderbird. The main frame
changes with a title of
“Thunderbird Mail – News &
Blogs. ”Click the “Manage
subscriptions” link.
Using RSS
The new window pops up with
“RSS Subscriptions” title. Click
the “Add” button in the lower left.
Using RSS
Another new window, titled
“Feed Properties” pops up.
Open an Internet browser and access a site with RSS
enabled. Typically news sites that have articles posted
somewhat often will have RSS available.
Ex:
digg.com…..baltimoresun.com/sports…….news.yahoo.c
om. Open up a site, such as
www.baltimoresun.com/sports/
Using RSS
Note the upper left corner, next to the address is the orange icon.
This means the site is RSS enabled. Also below on the page
you may see the same icon or a slightly different icon, still in
orange, with XML on it. Other sites will just place a regularly
colored link with “RSS.” Copy the link location by right-clicking
the link off the webpage. It should end with an ".xml” or “.rss”.
Take this link and place it in the “Feed Properties” window.
Using RSS
Click the ‘X’ button in the upper
right corner of the ‘RSS
Subscriptions’ window.
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Select the new
subscription below the
‘News & Blogs’ section. A
list of articles will appear
in the upper right frame.
Selecting an article will
produce the webpage.
Using RSS
This shows what a
summary may look like.
It will depend on what
summary the website
has posted; some may
include more
information and possibly
a picture in an article
summary.
The End
• Any questions?