Feature Overview

In this guide, you will learn how to set up a TU Dresden email account in Thunderbird. You can then send and receive emails and continue to set up your personal certificate for signing and encryption.

Set up mailbox

1. If you are using Thunderbird version 140 or newer:
   Open the ‘Application menu’ (three-dash icon) and select the ‘Settings’ entry. In the already selected ‘General’ tab, you will find the option ‘Create accounts in the new Account Hub’ in the ‘Account hub’ section. Disable this option.

2. After installing Thunderbird, you need to set up your Exchange mailbox. If no mailbox has been set up yet, you will be asked to set up your existing email address.
   You can also reach the corresponding menu by opening the "Application menu" (with the three-dash symbol at the top right of the search field), selecting the "New" entry and going to "Existing Mail account...".

3. In the "Your full name" field, enter your name as you want it to appear to recipients. For the email address, enter your primary email address. Finally, enter the "Password". Then click on "Configure manually".
   
   Note on e-mail addresses:
   These usually take the form “firstname.lastname@[mailbox.]tu-dresden.de.”
   You can find your primary email address in your profile on the Self-Service Portal under “E-mail” as your “Primary email address.”

   

4. Please enter the following data and then click "Done".
   Use your primary email address as your user name.

   Incoming Server:

   Protocol	IMAP
   Hostname	msx.tu-dresden.de
   Port	993
   Connection security	SSL/TLS
   Authentication method	normal password
   Username	Your primary email address

   
   Outgoing Server:

   Protocol	IMAP
   Hostname	msx.tu-dresden.de
   Port	587
   Connection security	STARTTLS
   Authentication method	normal password
   Username	Your primary email address

    

   

5. Your account has now been successfully set up. Then continue with the configuration of the spam folder.

Set up the spam folder

Now set up the display of the junk email folder, which is otherwise not displayed in Thunderbird. (By default, a separate, local folder is used for junk emails).

We recommend that you then check the junk email folder regularly for benign emails, as incorrect evaluations of the automatic spam classification cannot be completely ruled out.

To do this, please go to "Account settings" → "Junk filter" → "Classification". Now check "Activate junk filter for this account" as well as "Collected addresses" and "Personal address book". In the "Storage space" section, check "Move new junk messages to", select "Other folder:" and select your mailbox and "Junk e-mail" from the drop-down menu.

Show additional personal folders

• Right-click on the account

• Select “Subscribe…”

• Check the desired folders

• Confirm

Set up calendar

Full functionality is currently only guaranteed through Outlook or OWA.

DavMail

For other e-mail programs, the DavMail service is available as an alternative for accessing the Exchange calendar.
Instructions

TbSync

The use of the TbSync addon for Thunderbird is not recommended due to the unsteady development.