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This web page will guide you through setting up SeaMonkey 1.1.x so that
you
can use it to send and receive e-mail through your Mail@umd account.
If you have a version of SeaMonkey other than 1.1.x, you can acquire
SeaMonkey 1.1.7 or higher from the SeaMonkey Download
and Releases page.
Once you have SeaMonkey 1.1.x installed on your computer, do the
following:
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Open SeaMonkey. In the menu bar, click on Window, then
choose Mail and Newsgroups.
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The SeaMonkey e-mail client window will appear. If a New Account
Setup wizard launches, skip to step
4.
If the wizard does not launch, in the menu bar of the e-mail client
window, click on
Edit and then choose
Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings.
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In the account settings window that appears, click on the Add
Account button to create a new account.
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The Account Wizard will begin. In the first window, leave the first
choice (Email account) selected, then click the right
arrow button.
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In the Identity window that appears next, enter your full name in the
Your Name field. In the Email Address
field, enter in your Mail@umd e-mail address, which is your Directory ID
followed by "@umd.edu". Click the right arrow button.
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In the Server Information window, choose IMAP as the type
of incoming server you are using. In the Incoming
Server:
field, type in mail.umd.edu.
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If this is the first time you've set up SeaMonkey 1.1.x for
reading
e-mail, then you will also see a section for entering the name of
your Outgoing Server. In that Server Name field,
type mail.umd.edu. If you do not have the option of
defining your outgoing server on this screen, you will be able to do so in
a later step. Click on the right arrow button to proceed.
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In the User Name screen, make sure that the entry in the
Incoming User
Name field is just your Directory ID, not your entire Mail@umd
address. Click the right arrow button.
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In the Account Name window, you can create a special name for your account
as the screen suggests (in this example, we have renamed the account to
UMD) or just name the account after your e-mail
address. Click the right arrow button.
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The last screen in the Account Wizard will show you the information you
have entered. Verify that the information you entered is correct
(including the Outgoing Server Name if you were able to enter that
information during the wizard). If you made any
mistakes, use the left arrow button to correct them. Then
click Finish to exit the wizard.
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You will return to the Mail and Newsgroups Account
Settings
window. In the left column of that window, click on Outgoing
Server (SMTP). The outgoing server settings will be displayed on
the right. Click the Edit button to change an existing server or
the Add button to set up a new server.
Make sure the Server Name is set to
mail.umd.edu (if you were not given the option of
changing the outgoing server during the Account Wizard, this is your
opportunity to make the change). Make sure that the Use name and
password checkbox is checked (and that your Directory ID appears
in the User Name box), and that Use secure
connection: is set to TLS. Click the OK
button.
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Go back to the left-hand column. You should see an item that says the name that you
gave your e-mail account (although sometimes that name does not appear
until after you have restarted SeaMonkey). Click on the Server
Settings entry beneath that entry. On
the right side of the window, set Use secure
connection to SSL. Change the When I delete a
message setting from the default setting to one of the other two
options: the default setting of moving deleted mail to a Trash folder
does not work properly with our e-mail systems.
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To make your Mail@umd account your primary e-mail account in SeaMonkey,
click on the Set as Default button near the lower left
corner of the window. By doing this, you are telling SeaMonkey that you
want it to check for new messages on your Mail@umd account every time you
open the SeaMonkey
e-mail client.
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Click on the OK button to finish configuring your e-mail
settings. You will return to the main SeaMonkey e-mail window. In the
left column of the window, you should see the name of the e-mail account
you just created. Click on the triangle to the left of the account name
to reveal the Inbox folder for your account. Click on the Inbox. You
will be prompted to enter the password for your e-mail account (which is
your Directory password). Enter your password and click
OK.
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Your e-mail messages and any e-mail folders you have will soon
appear. You can now use SeaMonkey 1.1.x to send and receive e-mail
messages.
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