Changes

== Instructions ==

== Instructions ==

*Install Thunderbird:

*1.) Install Thunderbird:

**Log into a client computer as “admin”.

**2.) Log into a client computer as “admin”.

**Download and install Thunderbird to a local folder that is writable by all users. This example uses “c:\Applications\Thunderbird”

**3.) Download and install Thunderbird to a local folder that is writable by all users. This example uses “c:\Applications\Thunderbird”

**Start Thunderbird and configure it using the “admin” email account (Using IMAPS or POPS, SMTPS and the full external SME server name is recommended so this configuration will work outside the network). Do not subscribe to IMAP folders or save your password at this time.

**4.) Start Thunderbird and configure it using the “admin” email account (Using IMAPS or POPS, SMTPS and the full external SME server name is recommended so this configuration will work outside the network). Do not subscribe to IMAP folders or save your password at this time.

**Install and configure any Thunderbird Extensions. Note: This method will replace any instance of "admin" with the user's login. Do not use any other name than "admin" in settings where you want the user's information to appear. For example in Thunderbird the user's name should be "admin" and not "SME Administrator". User's can change these configurations later if desired.

**5.) Install and configure any Thunderbird Extensions. Note: This method will replace any instance of "admin" with the user's login. Do not use any other name than "admin" in settings where you want the user's information to appear. For example in Thunderbird the user's name should be "admin" and not "SME Administrator". User's can change these configurations later if desired.

**Configure any shared address books and calendars (using https addresses to keep the user’s credentials secure).

**6.) Configure any shared address books and calendars (using https addresses to keep the user’s credentials secure).

*Setup SME server:

*2.) Setup SME server:

**Create and ibay with Write access “admin” and read access “everyone”.

**1.) Create and ibay with Write access “admin” and read access “everyone”.

**Applications:

**2.) Applications:

***Copy the local install folder (“c:\Applications”) of to this new share (“\\<server>\<share>\Applications”).

***1.) Copy the local install folder (“c:\Applications”) of to this new share (“\\<server>\<share>\Applications”).

**Installs:

**3.) Installs:

***Create a “Installs” folder on the server share (“\\<server>\<share>\Installs”).

***1.) Create a “Installs” folder on the server share (“\\<server>\<share>\Installs”).

***Create a folder for your desktop shortcuts (“\\<server>\<share>\Installs\Desktop Shortcuts”).

***2.) Create a folder for your desktop shortcuts (“\\<server>\<share>\Installs\Desktop Shortcuts”).

***Copy the Thunderbird Desktop Shortcut to the server shortcuts folder.

***3.) Copy the Thunderbird Desktop Shortcut to the server shortcuts folder.

***Copy “C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\Thunderbird” to this new folder. There will now be a folder “\\<server>\<share>\Installs\Thunderbird”. Note: the “Application Data” folder is a hidden folder.

***4.) Copy “C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\Thunderbird” to this new folder. There will now be a folder “\\<server>\<share>\Installs\Thunderbird”. Note: the “Application Data” folder is a hidden folder.

***Uninstall Thunderbird from the client computer.

***5.) Uninstall Thunderbird from the client computer.

**Utilities:

**4.) Utilities:

***Create a “Utilities” folder on the server share (“\\<server>\<share>\Utilities”).

***1.) Create a “Utilities” folder on the server share (“\\<server>\<share>\Utilities”).

***Search the internet and download “munge.exe” (part of the MS Windows XP Resource Kit) and place it in your “Utilities” folder.

***2.) Search the internet and download “munge.exe” (part of the MS Windows XP Resource Kit) and place it in your “Utilities” folder.

*Create an Install Thunderbird batch file:

*3.) Create an Install Thunderbird batch file:

**Create a batch file in the “Utilities” folder (“\\<server>\<share>\Utilities\Thunderbird_Install.bat”).

**1.) Create a batch file in the “Utilities” folder (“\\<server>\<share>\Utilities\Thunderbird_Install.bat”).

**Edit this file with notepad and add the following (make sure to enter your data where there are "<>"):

**2.) Edit this file with notepad and add the following (make sure to enter your data where there are "<>"):

  title DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW! - Installing Thunderbird

  title DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW! - Installing Thunderbird

*Modify the netlogin.bat file on the SME server to call the Thunderbird install batch file just created and redirect the output to a log file either locally or on the server.

*4.) Modify the netlogin.bat file on the SME server to call the Thunderbird install batch file just created and redirect the output to a log file either locally or on the server.

  call "\\<server>\<share>\Utilities\Thunderbird_Install.bat" >"c:\Applications\Thunderbird_Install-%username%.log" 2>&1

  call "\\<server>\<share>\Utilities\Thunderbird_Install.bat" >"c:\Applications\Thunderbird_Install-%username%.log" 2>&1