Joined: Sun 08-18-2002 10:33AM Posts: 751 Location: Kansas City, KS
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I use Thunderbird in IMAP mode at home. Works pretty well, except I've never figured out how to access the GAL . Kind of annoying if you look up contacts with any regularity.
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Joined: Sun 09-12-2004 8:22PM Posts: 657 Location: somewhere
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If you are using Windows I highly recomend using Microsoft Outlook (the actual program), as it runs efficently (as far as a Windows program can) in the background on your computer, and a number of organizations on campus use it for scheduling meetings and events.
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I've never been able to figure out how to use minermail as a mail relay (SMTP) in thunderbird offcampus. The web interface is terrible, it sucks trying to find mail in the piles of spam. I always use thunderbird to sort out spam, the spamassassin thing they have seems to have a lot more false positives than the adaptive TB filter, but of course I have to use to stupid web interface to send mail.
1. Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mail. 2. Click on "E-Mail Accounts..." then click Next. 3. Choose "Add a new e-mail account" then click Next. 4. Choose either IMAP or POP3, whichever service you wish to setup. 5. Enter your User information, your Logon Information, and the following Server Information:
POP3/IMAP: minermail.umr.edu SMTP: smtp.umr.edu
6. Click "More Settings..." 7. Select Advanced Tab and check "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" under IMAP/POP3. 8. Do this Step if you are off-campus and NOT dialing into UMR. Select Outgoing Server and check, "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication." Press OK, Next, and Finish.
Your IMAP or POP3 account using Outlook XP is now setup.
I pretty much just followed those directions and translated them into Thunderbird...
I use Mail on my mac. I don't use exchange though. On my pc I just use the webmail.
Do you use it with IMAP? The problem I had, was that it would always try to download the Public Folders and the messages inside of them, and there are like 10,000 messages there.
Joined: Sun 09-19-2004 4:41PM Posts: 755 Location: The Buffalo Barn
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i use t-bird, get t-bird tray also, lets t-bird run in the background like it should. Great lil app. Also, I wouldnt mind being able to search contacts, that would be a niffty lil tool.
I use Mail on my mac. I don't use exchange though. On my pc I just use the webmail.
Do you use it with IMAP? The problem I had, was that it would always try to download the Public Folders and the messages inside of them, and there are like 10,000 messages there.
I did, but ya, I got all the messages from all 4 (5?) UM campuses. I just use POP. I do have address book setup though to get all the e-mails though. I could find out how I did that, I sortof forgot.
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