Installing Thunderbird and

Importing Certificates

DESCRIPTION
This manual guides you on how to configure Mozilla Thunderbird for your Gmail.

PROCEDURES
STEP 1: First, download the Mozilla Thunderbird from this link:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/. Then click the “Free Download”.
STEP 2: Open the downloaded program and you will see this. Click Next Button.

STEP 3: After clicking Next, you will be prompted to choose the setup options. You tick
Standard then click on the Next button.
STEP 4: Now, you will see the summary. You tick the box that says “Use Thunderbird as
my default mail application”. Then click Install to continue.

STEP 5: You wait until the Mozilla Thunderbird is installed.

STEP 6: Once the Mozilla Thunderbird is installed, you will be directed to this and just
click on the Finish button.

STEP 9: Open the program. You will get this Set Up Your Existing Email Address. You
will only need to enter your Full name, Email address and Password then click on the
Continue button.
STEP 10: After Thunderbird completes checking online for the necessary settings, you
will get this message. You just need to click on Done.

STEP 11 You will be prompted to login to your Email account. Enter the password of your
account then click on Sign in.
STEP 12: And that’s it. You now have successfully configured Mozilla Thunderbird for
your Gmail. The emails from your Gmail inbox should start downloading now.

NOTE: Next steps are for importing Certificates.

STEP 13: We will now start Importing your certificate. First download all of these using
this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gzicyx4pd4xqONh_s-6kcb7mYM2kRxbx/view
STEP 14: Go back to the thunderbird inbox then click the 3 lines on the upper right and
click on Preferences.
Note: I put a white board on the middle for privacy.
STEP 15: Click on Privacy & Security. Look for the Manage Certificates. Then click it.

STEP 16: After clicking the Manage Certificate. This will show up then click on
Authorities and Import.
STEP 17: Navigate to where you stored the Philippine National PKI CA certificates, select
one then click Open.

STEP 18: Check on both options then click OK.

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STEP 19: If you have successfully installed the first certificate. You should see the
certificate under DOST. Click on Import and go through the process again for the
remaining four CA certificates until you finish installing all five under DOST.
STEP 20: Staying at the Certificate Manager window, go to the Your Certificates tab
then click on Import.

STEP 21: Go to the folder where you have backed up your personal certificates. Select
your authentication certificate and click Open.
STEP 22: You will be asked for the password you used when you backed up your
personal certificates. After you enter the password, click on Sign In and OK.

STEP 23: Your certificate should now appear at the Your Certificates window. Just click
on the OK button to close out the remaining windows.
STEP 24: To digitally Signing your emails. you need to go to the Menu icon (the three
lines at the upper right of the screen), hover over Options then choose Account Settings.

STEP 25: At the Account Settings window, go to End-To-End Encryption. Under the
section of S/MIME – Personal certificate for digital signing, click on Select…
STEP 26: At the Select Certificate window, if there is more than 1 option to choose from,
select the one that shows your email address and is Issued by: C=PH, O=DOST,
CN=Gov-Authentication CA. Once chosen, click on OK.

STEP 27: A new window asking that you should also specify a certificate for other people
to use when they send you encrypted messages will appear. Just click Yes.
STEP 28: Lastly, under the section of Default settings for sending messages, put a check
on Add my digital signature by default.

Note: All the succeeding emails will be automatically digitally signed.

STEP 29: Encrypting Emails. To send an encrypted message, you must first get the
recipient’s public key. You can do this by asking them to send you a digitally signed email.
Supposing that you already have secured your recipient’s public key, here are the steps
on how to send them an encrypted email.
➢ Click on Write to begin composing your email.
STEP 30 Click on the Security dropdown arrow. Select the Require Encryption and the
Digitally Sign This Message .

STEP 31: You will notice a ribbon and padlock symbol appear at the lower right corner of
the screen. Finally, click on the send button.

And that is it! It’s that simple. You now know how to digitally sign your emails and how to
send encrypted messages via Mozilla Thunderbird.