Step 4

Setting up a Cyrus mailbox under Thunderbird

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  • Thunderbird now retrieves the missing settings.
  • ATTENTION! Under Incoming Server, the authentication method is incorrectly detected as Kerberos / GSSAPI. Change this value to Normal password.
  • Click on Done when you are finished.

 

Your settings should look like this:

  Protocol Hostname Port Connection Security Authentication method
Incoming Server IMAP cyrus.ovgu.de 143 STARTTLS Normal password
Outgoing Server SMTP mail.ovgu.de 587 STARTTLS Normal password
Thunderbrid Cyrus 4 Thunderbrid Cyrus 4a

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