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You can install Thunderbird on a Windows or Mac machine.

Installing Thunderbird on Windows Computers

1. Go to the Thunderbird download page at http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/.
   Click the Free Download link, and save the file to a place on your computer where you will be able to find it later.
2. Find the Thunderbird Setup 2 file you saved in the previous step, and double-click it.
3. Click Run (or Open).
4. If you see a message about verifying the publisher, click Run.
   The Welcome to Mozilla Thunderbird window appears.
5. Click Next.
6. Click I Accept the terms of the License Agreement, and then click Next.
7. In the Setup Type window, select Standard, and then click Next.
8. When the installation is done, click Finish.

Installing Thunderbird on Mac OS X Computers

1. Go to the Thunderbird download page at http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/, and click the Free Download link.
2. Download the Thunderbird installer, and Stuffit automatically expands the file.
   Accept the licensing agreement.
   A disk icon named Thunderbird is mounted on your desktop and the Thunderbird disk window automatically opens.
3. When the Thunderbird application icon appears on your desktop, drag the application icon to your Applications folder on your hard drive, and then close the disk window.
4. Drag the Thunderbird disk icon to the Trash/Eject icon.
5. To put a Thunderbird icon in the dock, drag the Thunderbird application icon from the Applications window to the desired location in the dock.

Please note that this only installs the program. To configure it with your email account, see Configuring Thunderbird.

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To configure Thunderbird to use your HMDC hosted email account:

1. Launch Thunderbird.
   If prompted to import mail settings, select the option Don’t Import Anything, and then click Next.
   The Account Wizard window appears.
2. Click Email Account, and then click Next.
3. Enter the following information:
   • In the Your Name field, enter your full name. For example, type John Harvard.
   • In the Email Address field, enter your full email address. For example, type jharvard[at]hmdc[dot]harvard[dot]edu.
4. Click Next.
   The Server Information section of the Account Wizard appears.
5. Select IMAP, and then enter the following information:
   • In the Incoming Server field, enter the text imap.hmdc.harvard.edu.
   • In the Outgoing Server field, enter the text smtp.hmdc.harvard.edu.
6. Click Next.
   The User Names section of the Account Wizard appears.
7. Enter your email username in both fields. This is everything before the "@" symbol in your email address.
8. Click Next, and then click Next again.
   Thunderbird create the appropriate account name automatically.
9. Click Finish.
   You are prompted for your email password.
10. Enter your email password, and then click OK.

Thunderbird logs you into your email account, and might start downloading your email.

There are still a few things you must do to ensure that you can send and receive mail, and that the mail you send is encrypted.

1. After Thunderbird logs you into your email account, click the Tools menu at the top and select the option Account Settings.
   The Account Settings window appears.
2. Select Server Settings in the left menu, and then click the SSL button in the Security Settings on the right.
3. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the left menu, and click the Edit button on the right.
   The SMTP Server window appears.
4. Click the SSL button at the bottom of the SMTP Server window, and then click OK.
5. Click OK again to exit out of the Account Settings window.
6. Restart Thunderbird.

Thunderbird is now configured to securely send and receive your HMDC email.