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 (YourUniversityID@uni-muenster.de)
  • Password: Your university password

  Then click on "Configure manually".
  If the error message "Login failed" appears after entering the password, please ignore it. At this point, the login cannot yet be successful.

  

  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 university 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 university identifier in the user name.