How do I configure Thunderbird/Icedove to use May First/People Link email?

In Thunderbird (Icedove in Debian Linux), click on the File menu -> New -> Mail Account (see screenshot 1 below).

The first step in creating a Thunderbird account, is to provide your name and email address. If you are setting up your own email, use your name and addres. If you want mail to appear to come from an organization as a whole, you can put only your organization's name instead of your own. Press "Continue" when you are done.

Next, you will want to immediately press "Manual Config":

Next, you'll need to decide whether you want a POP account or an IMAP account. In most cases, we recommend POP, but if you plan to use webmail frequently or will use multiple computers to check your email, you may want to use IMAP.

IMAP settings are as follows: Incoming: IMAP Incoming server hostname: mail.mayfirst.org Incoming Port: 143 Incoming SSL: STARTTLS Incoming Authentication: Normal Password

Outgoing: IMAP Outgoing server hostname: mail.mayfirst.org Outgoing Port: 587 Outgoing SSL: STARTTLS Outgoing Authentication: Normal Password

Once your settings are in place, press "Create Account"

You should also look over the other settings and adjust them to meet your needs.

The composition settings are optional, but we highly recommend turning off HTML email, which will ensure that your mail is legible to more readers. We often find that the default reply settings are not to our liking, and you may want to change these as well.

Lastly, if you are using IMAP, we strongly encourage you to enable offline caching, ​as explained on ​webchick.net. That will make it much faster to read your email.