E-mail configuration for Mozilla Thunderbird

Setting up your UGent email account in Mozilla Thunderbird.


Add UGent e-mail account

  • Navigate to "Account Settings"
  • Under "Account actions", choose "Add e-mail account ..."
  • Enter your name, e-mail address and UGent password. Click on "Configure manually"
  • Fill in or select the following settings:
    • Incoming:
      • Protocol: IMAP
      • Hostname: outlook.office365.com
      • Port: 993
      • Connection security: SSL/TLS
      • Authentication method: Autodetect
      • Username: your UGent e-mail address
    • Outgoing:
      • Hostname: smtp.office365.com
      • Port: 587 or 465
      • Connection security: STARTTLS (or SSL/TLS with port 465)
      • Authentication method: Autodetect
      • Username: your UGent e-mail address
  • Click on "Advanced config"
  • On the "Server Settings" tab, change Authentication method to OAuth2
  • Edit the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)"" and change Authentication method to OAuth2

Add address book (LDAP)

  • Go to Settings > Composition
  • Under Addressing check "Directory Server" and choose "Edit Directories ...".
  • On the next screen, click "Add":
  • On the "General" tab, fill in the following fields and then click "OK":
  •   Name: UGent address book 
      Hostname: ldaps.ugent.be 
      Base DN: dc=UGent,dc=be 
      Port number: 636 
      Bind DN:
      ✔️ Use secure connection (SSL)
    

  • Go to Account settings > Composition & Addressing
  • Under Addressing, choose "Use another LDAP server:"
  • In the pull-down menu, choose the previously added entry "UGent address book"