How to Setup your UPLB Mail account with the Thunderbird Mail Client for Windows and Linux

This how-to article is for the exclusive use of UPLB Email account holders. Written by Prof. Paul Patrick C. Prantilla, and webified by the UPLB Webmaster (Jaderick P. Pabico), Networking and Data Communication Division, Institute of Computer Science,

  1. Launch Thunderbird Mail Client.
  2. Click Edit -> Account Settings.
    Click Edit -> Account Settings
  3. In the Account Settings window, click Add Account button.
    Add Account
  4. Choose/Click Email account radio button. Click Next.
    Email account
  5. Enter your Name and Email Address. Click Next.
    Enter name and email address
  6. Choose IMAP incoming server type and enter mail.uplb.edu.ph (name of incoming server). Click Next.
    Choose IMAP
  7. Enter your user name. Click Next.
    Enter user name
  8. Enter the name by which you would like to refer to your account.
    Enter any name
  9. Click Next then Finish.
  10. Incoming Secure Connection (SSL): Click Edit -> Account Settings. Click Server Settings under your account name. Check “Use secure connection”. Click OK.
    Incoming Secure Connection (SSL)
  11. Setup the Outgoing Server by clicking Edit -> Account Settings. Choose/click Outgoing Server (SMTP). Enter mail.uplb.edu.ph (server name), port 25. Check “Use name and password” box and enter your User name. Choose/click TLS for secure connection. Click OK.
    Setup the Outgoing Server
  12. To save mailbox space, kindly change the following Account settings to delete mail/spam instead of just moving them to the Trash folder.
    Delete mail spam

Suggested citation for this online article:

_____. How To Setup Your UPLB Mail Account With The Thunderbird Mail Client For Windows And Linux. Accessed 24 July 2008. UPLB webpage (http://www.uplb.edu.ph/email/thunderbird-setup.html).