Evolution vs. Thunderbird

Emil Payne EHSPayne at angelwoodpines.org
Wed Sep 2 03:56:29 UTC 2009


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> To set up a gmail account in evolution, make sure that IMAP or POP
> forwarding is set up on your account. search in the gmail help for how
> to do this (but I think the setting is under "Settings > forwarding"
> from the gmail interface) Then, the rest of the info you'll need is this
> (NOTE: This is for IMAP{which is what I use} but should work for POP
> also, just change the imap.gmail.com to pop.gmail.com):
>     Recieving-
>         Server: imap.gmail.com:993
>         Username: <your gmail acct. sans the @gmail.com>
>         Secure Connection: SSL Encryption
>         Authentication: Password
>     Sending-
>         Server: smtp.gmail.com:465
>         Secure Connection: SSL Encryption
>         Authentication: Login
> 
> Hope that helps :)
> 
> 
In Thunderbird, all the above is known.  Just tell it you have a gmail
account and give it the name and all the above is done automatically

Emil

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