Thunderbird (IMAP)
ATTENTION: If you want to change an existing account, please select the existing account and click Edit Account Settings. |
This manual was created with Thunderbird version 91.2.0
1. Set up a new account in Thunderbird
To do this, first go to the Home tab, then click on the menu item at the top right, and then click + New. Under the tab Existing e-mail account... you can start the setup.
Then, enter your name and e-mail address and click on "Set up manually".
2. Select the settings
The settings are as follows
ATTENTION: If it is an institute e-mail address, the user name and e-mail address will of course change according to your domain (e.g.: Mustermann@xyz.rwth-aachen.de / ab123456@xyz.rwth-aachen.de)
| IMAP (Posteingangsserver) | ||
| 1 | Password | Your RWTH E-Mail Account password in the Selfservice |
| 2 | IMAP-Server | mail.rwth-aachen.de |
| 3 | Port | 993 |
| 4 | SSL (Encryption) | SSL/TLS |
| 5 | Authentification | Password, normal |
| 6 | Username | ab123456@rwth-aachen.de (the username for the RWTH-E-Mail Account in the Selfservice) |
| SMTP (Postausgangserver) | ||
| 7 | SMTP-Server | mail.rwth-aachen.de |
| 8 | Port | 587 |
| 9 | SSL (Encryption) | STARTTLS |
| 10 | Authentification | Password, normal |
| 11 | Username | ab123456@rwth-aachen.de (the username for the RWTH-E-Mail Account in the Selfservice) |
3. Subscribe to folders
You must subscribe to your folders for them to be synchronized and displayed in Thunderbird:
- Right-click on the name of your account and select "Subscribe...".
- Place a tick next to all the folders which you want to subscribe to.
- Click on "Subscribe" on the right side of the menu.
- Click on "OK".
