Mozilla SeaMonkey Mail Configuration Settings

1. Problem
   

   How to set up Mozilla SeaMonkey Mail and Newsgroups to recieve mail through the departmental server (mail.pa.msu.edu) and send mail through either MSUMail (mail.msu.edu) or the departmental server/kepler (mail.pa.msu.edu).

2. Solution
   

   The following instructions are to set up Mozilla 1.6 to receive IMAP mail from our departmental mail server and send mail from either the University's outgoing mail server or our departmental server. Users who travel a lot or are configuring their client for home use may wish to set their outgoing mail server to MSU Mail, whereas it is convenient for users on campus or at select remote locations (such as Fermi Lab) to use the departmental outgoing servers.

   1. Open SeaMonkey Mail
   
   
   2. In the menu bar, click Edit -> Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings...
      
   
   
   3. In the "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings" window, click the Add Account button and a wizard will start. Choose the Email Account option, and click Next >.
      
   
   
   4. In the "Identity" window, fill out your name and e-mail address in the fields of the same names and click Next >
      
   
   
   5. In the "Server Information" window, click the radio button next to the word IMAP and type mail.pa.msu.edu (for departmental mail) in the "Incoming Server:" field.
      
   
   
   6. Click Next > three times, then click Finish.
      
   
   
   7. In the "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings" window, click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the list on the left side of the window. Under Server Name input either mail.pa.msu.edu or mail.msu.edu depending on whether you want your mail sent through the departmental mail server or MSU Mail, respectively.
   
   
   8. IF MSUMAIL is your choice for outgoing mail, click the radio button at the bottom labeled SSL which is under Use secure connection
      
   
   
   9. Click the Advanced button, and in the "IMAP Server Directory" type mail/ and click OK twice.
   
   
   

3. Other Useful Information
   

   If you are using mail.msu.edu as your outgoing mail server, please check the compatibility at http://help.msu.edu/mail/
   Remember: Verify that the entry you reference is the correct e-mail client, operating system and of the IMAP type.

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updated 2007.06.13 by Andrea Pollitt