Set Up Google Apps Mail with Thunderbird 2.0!!


	Set Up Google Apps Mail with Thunderbird 2.0!!

evokeshop

8-1-2008 1:04 PM

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evokeshop says:

Is it just me or are the Google Apps tutorials impossible to find?!

Finally managed to get my email working properly on thunderbird using Google Apps...follow the instructions here and then edit these options for best use:

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D7C9108B-9BE2-4292-8D33-9F7094EB3F0D/

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