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Notice that there are unencrypted options available to connect to your SMTP/IMAP servers but those are rarely used these days. The potential for abuse is too great. On a free wifi network the operator would be able to not only read your email - but also get your password, without any password/encryption cracking tools. And even on a private network - it is not uncommon for an employer to sniff all the traffic going over their network (that was found in court to be a legally acceptable practice).
The specific security settings depend on how your servers were configured. The settings for the seneca servers are [https://inside.senecacollege.ca/its/services/email/email_clients/imap.html published here].
After you create your account - you should be able to read your existing email and send new email in Thunderbird.
Look through the Account Settings and Preferences to get a feel for what settings exist. For example:
* How often will Thunderbird check for new messages?
* Will the messages you write be in HTML or plain text?
* How do you change your SMTP server settings? Why are they in a different section?
If everything is working - that's good, now you know what you'll try to build in the email labs. The goal is to have the exact same setup using your servers instead of Seneca servers.