Click the box beside I understand the risks, then click Done.When you're done, the window should look like the one below.Change Authentication to: No authentication.Edit the Outgoing: SMTP settings as follows:.Change Authentication to: Normal password.SSL will automatically change to SSL/TLS.Edit the Incoming: IMAP settings as follows:.It wil fail the first time, as shown below. The Mail Account Setup window will open and Thunderbird will try to create your new account.In the Mail Account Setup window, enter the full name, email address, and password for the Smith Mail account you will use to send bulk email (e.g., ITS News), then click Continue.When the Welcome to Thunderbird window opens, click the Skip this and use my existing email account button in the lower left.If prompted, click Don't import anything.When the installation is complete, leave the Launch Mozilla Thunderbird Now box checked and click Finish.In the next screen, un-check the box for Use Thunderbird as my default email application, then click Next.

The Mozilla Thunderbird Setup window will open.Double-click on the Thunderbird setup file on your desktop to launch the installer.Save the installer file to your desktop or Downloads folder.Go to and click on the Thunderbird Free Download button.

(Note that you cannot remove the check mark beside Inbox.)

To prevent unneeded messages from being copied into Thunderbird, we recommend that you un-check the Copy to IMAP box beside every label except Sent Mail.

Go back into Mail Settings and click on the Labels tab.

In the IMAP Access section, choose Enable IMAP.

Click the Options button ( gear icon) at the top right of the Smith Mail page and choose Mail Settings.

Go to Smith Mail ( ) and log in to whatever account you will use to send bulk email messages.

Enable IMAP Access and review label settings in Smith Mail Thunderbird can be installed on both Macs and PCs, but please note that the special bulk-email configuration described below works only on computers connected to the Smith network.

No more than 2000 total recipients per message.

No more than 1500 internal (Smith) addresses per message.

No more than 500 external (non-Smith) addresses per message.

If you need to send a message to a large number of internal and/or external recipients (and your message does not require email-merge or any special formatting), you can use Mozilla Thunderbird to bypass Google's sending limits.įor Smith Mail users, the per-message recipient limits imposed by Google are:

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