Setting up E-mail in Mozilla
Overview of settings:
Incoming server: imaps.musc.edu
Outgoing server: smtps.musc.edu
MUSC Address book: ldap.musc.edu (host name); type o=MUSC,c=US (Base
DN)
SSL connection: always use SSL (secure connections) and check the boxes that ask, in order for your mail to send, receive and locate addresses.
- Open Mozilla. Hit Ctrl-2 to open the "Mail & Newsgroups"
window (or go to the "Windows" pull-down menu on the top tool
bar and select "Mail & Newsgroups").
- From within the Mail and Newsgroups window, go to the "Edit"
menu on the top tool bar and select "Mail & Newsgroups Account
Settings."
- From here you can use the "Account Wizard" to set up your e-mail
preferences. Click on the option at the bottom of the Window that says "Add
Account"
- Go through the steps, typing in your name and user id as necessary, using your MNA id:
i.e., "smithj" for Jane Smith. Your ID is the first part of your
MUSC e-mail address: smithj@musc.edu.
- After clicking "Add Account" from the Mail & Newsgroups
Account Settings window, you see this screen pop up.
- Enter your name and e-mail address:
- Select "IMAP" and type "imaps.musc.edu" in the server
field.
- Enter your MNA user id.
- Type in your e-mail address or "MUSC Account"
- This is a review of all the settings you entered. If you see an error,
you can click "< Back" at the bottom of the window to return
to the previous page and edit the information you entered.
- This is the screen you'll see after clicking "Finish." Click
"OK" to exit the setup screen and return to the Mail window. Check the box that says "Use SSL connection." Make sure the server field reads "imaps.musc.edu"
- Next, click on the item that says "Outgoing server" - make sure the server name reads "smtps.musc.edu" and that the "Use SSL connection" button is selected.
- Highlight "Server Settings" in the left window and make sure that "Use Secure SSL Connection" is checked.
- To set up your address book to look for MUSC addresses, select "Composition and Addressing."
In the "Addressing" section add a new directory pointing to ldap.musc.edu as the host. Make sure that Base DN field reads: o=MUSC,c=US.
- Other preferences:
Other preferences, such as message text wrapping, send format, viewing options,
etc. can also be set if you need to change the default. Go to the Edit menu
(from the top toolbar) and click "Preferences." Then select the
options you wish to change.
