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To the right of where it says Outgoing:, set the outgoing server hostname to " ", the port to 587, and select "STARTTLS" for the outgoing SSL drop down menu.

Where it says Incoming:, make sure that "IMAP" is selected in the drop down box. To the right, set the incoming server hostname to " ", the port to be 993, and select "SSL/TLS" from the drop down menu under SSL.

Click Manual config to configure Thunderbird manually.

Thunderbird will attempt to work out your e-mail settings.

Enter your myUMBC password into the box labeled Password.

Enter your full UMBC email address into the E mail address field.Enter your name as you would like it to be displayed to others in the Your name field.Then under the Account Actions drop-down menu click on Add Mail Account. If you already use Thunderbird and wish to add your UMBC Gmail email as an additional account, from the Tools menu go to Account Settings.If you don't already have an email account set up in Thunderbird, you will be prompted to create one when you first start the application up.If you wish to continue using Thunderbird despite Google's recommendation, you will need to follow Google's instructions for allowing less secure apps. As such Google recommends that you update to an app that uses the most up to date security measures. Google may block sign-in attempts from some apps or devices, including Thunderbird, that do not use modern security standards.