Mozilla Thunderbird Setup

Install Thunderbird

Thunderbird application can be installed from here. Download and install with default options. It will ask you for account information, which you can fill in using the data in the screenshot below. Note that the IMAP server is mail.egeland.net and the username is your initials (not your first name).

• Thunderbird Wizard Settings:
  

Tweak Thunderbird Settings

Tweak the following account setting as shown in the following screen shots to customize your account for encryption. You may access these settings from "Tools" --> "Account Settings." Take note of the "TLS" option, which is not turned on by default.

• Thunderbird Account Settings:
  

• Thunderbird Server Settings:
  

• Outgoing SMTP Server Settings:
  

Install Address Book Synchronizer

1. Install the "Address Book Synchronizer" Plugin as described here (installation instructions on that site).
2. Create a directory called "AddressBooks" in your data directory (if not already present).
3. Set up the synchronizer with the following settings. Once you install the Add-On and restart, you can access these settings from "Tools" --> "Addressbook Synchronize" within Thunderbird.

• Address Book Synchronizer "Synchronize" Tab:
  

• Address Book Synchronizer "Settings" Tab:
  

Optional Add Ons

• Mailtweak allows nice customizations of the Thunderbird interface.
• To automatically allow downloading of all inline images (from any sender), change mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image to false via Options/Advanced/Config Editor.

Conclusion

• The above procedure will install Thunderbird to use the egeland.net mail server (all mail backed up on Google Mail), and automatically synchronize your Thunderbird addressbook for any other machines on which the plugin is installed.
• The add on will synchronize your address book each time you open and close Thunderbird. Note that you should not have Thunderbird open on multiple machines simultaneously or sync conflicts may occur.