1A First Alternative

SOGo on Thunderbird - E-mail

This manual is meant for users of SOGo Groupware on the 1A-server. It explains how you can use Thunderbird, the free Open Source Groupware client, for sharing your mailbox and email address, accessing other user's mailboxes and send email as another user.

Requirements

To complete this manual, you will need:

Steps

1
Share your Mailbox
2
Show information about sharing
  • Go to the mailbox overview
  • Right-click "Inbox"
  • Choose Properties
  • Go to tab "Sharing"
Show information about sharing
3
Open shared mailbox (1)
  • Go to the mailbox overview
  • Right-click "Inbox"
  • Choose Subscribe...
Open shared mailbox (1)
4
Open shared mailbox (2)
  • Open the folder tree under "user"
  • Check the desired folders
  • Click OK
Open shared mailbox (2)
5
Remove shared mailbox
  • Go to the mailbox overview
  • Right-click "Inbox"
  • Choose Subscribe...
  • Open the folder tree under "user"
  • Uncheck the desired folders
  • Click OK
Remove shared mailbox
6
Send as another user (1)
  • Right-click your email address
  • Choose Settings
Send as another user (1)
7
Send as another user (2)
  • Click Manage Identities...
Send as another user (2)
8
Send as another user (3)
  • Click Add...
Send as another user (3)
9
Send as another user (4)
  • Enter at least Your name and Email Address with the personal information of the other user; the rest is optional
  • Click OK
    The other user has now been added
  • Close the other windows
    When composing email messages, you can now choose the sender identity at the From: field.
Send as another user (4)
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Allow someone to use your email address