Penn Computing
Computing Menu Computing A-Z
Computing Home Information Systems & Computing Penn

Thunderbird 2.0.0.x (Mac OS 10.3.x/10.4.x; Windows XP/Vista)

Thunderbird logo

Mozilla.org's Thunderbird 2.0.0.x is among several email clients in use on campus, and is not supported by all schools and units. Please refer to the document Email Specifications by School or speak with your Local Support Provider (LSP) to find out which email client is recommended for your use.

Important notes: All versions of Thunderbird 2.0.0.x automatically update to the latest available version of Thunderbird 2.0.0.x, currently 2.0.0.12 . Information Systems & Computing (ISC) strongly suggests allowing this update process to complete.

Penn's NetNews service will be retired on June 30, 2008. Documentation to help users of this service transition to other services can be found at: http://www.upenn.edu/computing/help/doc/netnews/alternatives.html

Thunderbird is a graphical email client for Mac OS and Windows that accesses mail on remote servers via either the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) or the Post Office Protocol (POP). The version of Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 installed from the PennConnect 2007 DVD or the 'Pennified' installer on this page is configured to run POP by default, but if you already have an earlier version of Thunderbird, Mozilla, or Netscape installed on your system, it will not overwrite the existing settings. To use Thunderbird, you need access to PennNet and an account on a mail server running IMAP or POP, such as dolphin or pobox.

Thunderbird has both a news and mail component that are supported as follows:

  • Mail component; supported IMAP and POP client for Mac OS and Windows. Thunderbird is one of several email clients in use on campus, and is not supported by all schools and units. Please refer to the document Email Specifications by School, or speak with your local support provider to find out which email client is recommended for your use.
  • News component; recommended newsreader for Windows. It lets you connect to Penn's news server (netnews.upenn.edu) and view public discussion groups known as newsgroups.

Download

Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 is distributed free of charge to members of the Penn community. Thunderbird is available for download using your PennKey and password.

Mac OS

Click on the download link below. The file will automatically unzip and place an installer on the desktop. Double-click the installer icon and follow the on-screen instructions accepting the defaults. After you finish, you can delete the installation file(s) from the desktop.

Windows

Click on the download link below. In the "Save As" window, create or go to the directory in which you want to save the file, append .exe to the file name if it is not already there, and click "Save". Open this directory, double-click the installation file, and follow the on-screen instructions accepting the defaults. After you finish, you can delete the installation file.

Configuration

Configuration instructions for IMAP email are available for Mac OS and Windows.

Configuration instructions for POP email are available for Mac OS and Windows.

LDAP directory configuration instructions for the Penn Online Directory are available for Mac OS and Windows.

Documentation

The following documentation is available for this product:

Support

Primary computing support is usually located in the schools, units, and residences, close to the faculty, staff, and students being served. Contact lists are available for:

To look up your local support provider, select your University affiliation above. You may also call First Call at 215-573-4778 to request a referral if you are not sure who to contact.

Related resources
top

Information Systems and Computing
University of Pennsylvania
Comments & Questions
University of Pennsylvania Penn Computing University of Pennsylvania Information Systems & Computing (ISC)
Information Systems and Computing, University of Pennsylvania