ONID - OSU Network ID

Configuring Thunderbird 2:

1. Open Thunderbird.
2. Open the Tools menu and choose Account Settings....
3. Click the Add Account... button.
4. Choose Email account and click Next.
5. Enter Your Name the way you want other people to see when they recieve your email.
6. Enter your Email Address. This should be in the form username@onid.orst.edu.
7. Click Next.
8. Select IMAP as the incoming server type.
9. The Incoming Server name is imap.onid.oregonstate.edu
10. The Outgoing Server name is mail.oregonstate.edu
    NOTE: If you are not on campus and sending mail does not work, you will need to contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the name of their Outgoing (SMTP) Server.
11. Click Next.
12. Enter your ONID username in the Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name fields. Click Next.
13. Enter an Account Name which you will use to identify the account (such as "onid.orst.edu" or "ONID email"). Click Next.
14. Verify the information and click Finish.
15. From the list at the left, choose Server Settings.
16. For the Use secure connection setting, choose TLS.
17. Click the Advanced button.
18. Uncheck the Show only subscribed folders box and click OK.
19. From the list at the left, choose Outgoing Server (SMTP).
20. Select "mail.oregonstate.edu" and click the Edit... button.
21. For the Use secure connection setting, choose TLS and click OK.
22. Click OK to close the Account Settings window.

Thunderbird is now configured to check your mail!

Configure Thunderbird to use the OSU Online Directory