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Configuring an email client

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Mozilla Thunderbird
#For Outgoing server use “mail.williams.edu”
[http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ ===Mozilla Thunderbird===]
#Load Thunderbird and Click click on the tools menu:
#Select “Account Settings”
#Select “Add Account”
#Select “Email Account”
#Input your Name and Email Address(either form of the latter is ok...it's a reply-to address)
#Select “IMAP”
#Input incoming server as “studentmail.williams.edu”
#Input your personal information(username is same as UNIX name)
#Now, back at the original box entitled “Account settings,” Look at the list on the left and select “Outgoing Server”
#Click “Edit”
#For Outgoing Server use “mail.williams.edu”Make sure the port number is 25.
#Check the “Use Name and Password” under the Security Authentication box
A more comprehensive list of setting up older versions of Microsoft Outlook or other programs [http://oit.williams.edu/oit/faqs/email/ here].
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