How to register a non @gmail.com account
My email address ends with @ualberta.ca and not @gmail.com. Thunderbird doesn't seem to accept my email address. It gives me a message saying "Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account". I use gmail to access my ualberta.ca email. My password is entered correctly. I've tried putting imap.ualberta.ca, and change ssl to ssl/tls and played around with it but it's not working.
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The instructions are here:
https://uofaprod.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0011829
After enabling IMAP, the correct settings for TB should be:
incoming IMAP server: imap.gmail.com port: 993 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: normal password Username: your ualberta email address
outgoing SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com port: 587 Connection security: STARTTLS Authentication: normal password Username: your ualberta email address
There are some additional tips re Gmail accounts here, such as disabling the copying of sent messages to the Sent folder (Gmail does it automatically).
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Use manual setup. Get the correct setting from your provider and use them.
Chosen Solution
The instructions are here:
https://uofaprod.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0011829
After enabling IMAP, the correct settings for TB should be:
incoming IMAP server: imap.gmail.com port: 993 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: normal password Username: your ualberta email address
outgoing SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com port: 587 Connection security: STARTTLS Authentication: normal password Username: your ualberta email address
There are some additional tips re Gmail accounts here, such as disabling the copying of sent messages to the Sent folder (Gmail does it automatically).