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In the Mail Account Setup dialogue box, fill in the information (Your Name, email id and password) and click continue. You will have to find out the incoming and outgoing mail server for your mail account and the other settings for both these servers as well. If you already have a mail account setup and want to create another mail account go to File -> New -> Mail Account and you will be greeted with the same dialogue shown above.īefore we go any further, make sure you have the necessary information to setup your mail account. If you are launching the Thunderbird for the first time, you will be greeted with a wizard to create a new mail account. You can either launch Thunderbird from there or just use the Terminal command “thunderbird”. Apply the changes.įor those who are more comfortable with text commands, fire up a Terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and install Thunderbird using the apt-get utility.Ī shortcut will be created for you in Applications -> Internet -> Thunderbird. Search for “thunderbird”, select the entry “thunderbird”, right click and mark it for installation. Open the Synaptic Package Manager from System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. When I am writing this, the latest versions for Thunderbird, Lightning and DavMail are 3.1, 1.0b2 and 3.6.6-1032 respectively. We will be using the Synaptic Package Manager and the aptitude utility that comes with Ubuntu for all the installations.
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Thunderbird doesn’t come pre-installed with Ubuntu 10.04, so we will need to install Thunderbird first. Let’s save the debate on why did I chose this particular combo only for some other day.
Davmail on a server how to#
As the title suggests, I’m going to take you through exact steps on how to setup Thunderbird + Lightning + DavMail on Ubuntu 10.04 for your corporate email and calendaring (both hosted on Microsoft Exchange server) needs.