Integrating the University E-Mail Account in Thunderbird

Note: T-Online customers with Speedport routers must add "secmail.uni-muenster.de" to the list of secure SMTP servers in the router.

•  Detailed Instructions

  1. Start Setting Up the E-Mail Account

  The first time you start Thunderbird, a wizard for setting up e-mail accounts opens automatically. (If Thunderbird was not started for the first time, go to Settings: Menu > Account Settings.)

  

  Select "Account Actions" and then "Add Email Account".

  

  Enter your personal data:

  • Your name: First name Last name
  • E-mail address: Your university e-mail address (yourWWU_ID@uni-muenster.de)
  • Password: Your WWU password

  Then click on "Configure manually".

  

  Make the following settings for the incoming mail server:
  
  Type: IMAP
  Server address: imap.uni-muenster.de
  Port: 993
  SSL: SSL/TLS
  Authentication: Password, normal
  
  Make the following settings for the outgoing mail server:
  
  Type: SMTP
  Server address: secmail.uni-muenster.de
  Port: 587
  SSL: STARTTLS
  Authentication: Password, normal
  
  ATTENTION: For "User name" only the WWU user ID must be entered, not the complete e-mail address.
  
  Click "Advanced config".

  

  Press "OK".

  

  Change to the "Server settings" of the e-mail account and click on "Advanced".

  

  In the "Advanced Account Settings" window, make the following settings:

  • IMAP server directory: Mail
  • Show only subscribed folders: Disabled
  • Server supports folders that contain subfolders and messages: Disabled
  • Maximum number of maintained server connections: 5

  

  Click on "OK" to complete the setup. With a click on the e-mail account and "Retrieve" you can now retrieve your e-mails.

  

  In some cases Thunderbird overwrites the username with the email address by itself. Make sure that you enter ONLY your WWU identifier in the user name.