Configuring the Mozilla Suite

"Web-browser built for 2004, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application." -- www.mozilla.org

Mozilla runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is free and can be downloaded here.

The following is a step by step guide, complete with pretty pictures, to setting up Mozilla Mail to read your Brown CS email remotely using IMAP and send mail remotely using our SMTP server.

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Step 0

In a shell on a departmental linux machine when logged in as yourself run /usr/local/bin/sslpasswd. At the "YP password:" prompt enter the password you use to login to a departmental linux machine. At the "New password:" prompt enter the password you that you will use to read and send mail remotely. Remember this password.

Step 1

Install Mozilla if needed. It can be downloaded from the page linked above.

Step 2

Launch Mozilla. From the "Window" menu at the top select "Mail & Newsgroups". The "Mail & Newgroup's" window should now pop up. If you have not configured Mozilla before the "Account Wizard" should now pop up.

If the "Account Wizard" does not pop up then from the "Edit" menu at the top select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings". Click the "Add Account" button in the bottom left corner of the "Mail & Newsgroup Settings" window. The "Account Wizard" should now pop up.

Step 3

Select "Email account" (it should actually be selected by default). Click the "Next>" button.

Step 4

In the text box next to "Your Name:" type your name, you should know what it is. In the text box next to "Email Address:" type your email address. All cs users are given an email address login@cs.brown.edu. In this case the users login name is "jdoe" so his email address is jdoe@cs.brown.edu. Click the "Next>" button.

Step 5

Under "Select the type of incoming server you are using" select IMAP. In the text box next to "Incoming Server:" type imaps.cs.brown.edu In the text box next to "Outgoing Server:" type smtps.cs.brown.edu Click the "Next>" button.

Step 6

In the text box next to "Incoming User Name:" type your login name. In the text box next to "Outgoing User Name:" type your login name. Click the "Next>" button.

Step 7

In the text box next to "Account Name:" type whatever you would like this account to be called. In case you are not feeling particularly creative you can call the account "Brown CS Email Account". Click the "Next>" button.

Step 8

Congratulations! You are all done...or maybe not. Check over the information for obvious errors. Click the "Finish" button.

Step 9

At this point a box prompting for your password may pop up. We are not quite ready for that so click the "Cancel" button to get rid of it.

Step 10

From the Edit menu at the top select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings". The window picture below should pop up. Under the account which you just created click on "Server Settings". Check the "Use secure connection (SSL) box.

Step 11

Click the "Advanced" button. The window pictured below should pop up. Make sure that the text box next to "IMAP server directory" is blank. If you wish to show all the folders in the mail directory uncheck "Show only Subscribed Folders". This is recommended for ease of use. Click the "Ok" button. Leave all other options and text boxes at their defaults, even if it looks different than the below image.

Step 12

In the "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings" window click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP)". Under "Use secure connection:" select "TLS". In the text box next to "Port:" enter 587. If you experience difficulty sending mail it is possible that changing the port to 25 may work, but in general many ISPs block traffic on this port.

If you want to use "SSL" under "Use secure connection:" instead of "TLS", you must use port 465. "TLS" is no longer supported on port 465. "TLS" is supported on port 25 or port 587 on the smpts.cs.brown.edu server.

Step 13

A window asking if you want to accept the certificate from imaps.brown.edu will now pop up. Select "Accept this certificate permanently". Click the "Ok" button.

Step 14

A window prompting for your password should now pop up. Enter your ssl password which you setup by running /usr/local/bin/sslpasswd on a departmental linux machine. Click the "Ok" button.

Step 15

At this point mozilla should download all your messages and remote mail should be all set up.