Mozilla Thunderbird

Here you'll get to know how to configure Mozilla Thunderbird as your e-mail client:

You can use a mail program to receive and organize you mails which you can also check on www.ecampus.uni-goettingen.de. You can use the software “Mozilla Thunderbird” for free (open source). This software is installed and already configured for your account on our Linux computer systems, for example on the ground floor of the university library SUB.

In the following video you can see how to configure Mozilla Thunderbird as your mail client. In the video you can see the configuration procedure immediately after installation. You can also edit, delete or add new accounts under extras→account settings.

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All important data in an overview:

e-mail address: firstname.lastname@stud.uni-goettingen.de
user name: ug-student\firstname.lastname
incoming mail server: email.stud.uni-goettingen.de, Port: 993
SMTP (outgoing mail) server: email.stud.uni-goettingen.de, Port: 25 (user: ug-student\firstname.lastname)

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