The University of Sheffield
Corporate Information and Computing Services

Installing extra accounts

Thunderbird can be set up to simultaneously read email from different locations without the need for a separate login - for instance, if you wish to read the contents of a departmental account.

  1. Run Thunderbird
  2. From the Tools menu select Account Settings
  3. Click the Add Account button and check the Email account option, and then click the Next button.
  4. Enter the name of the email account in the Your Name field.
  5. Enter the Email Address of the account and click the Next button.
  6. Check the IMAP option and enter imap.shef.ac.uk as the Incoming Server name and click the Next button.
  7. Enter the login name for the account in the Incoming User Name field and click the Next button.
  8. Enter an Account Name and click the Next button, then click the Finish button.
  9. Restart Thunderbird - you will be prompted to enter the password for the account you just created, also check the Use Password Manager to remember this password option.