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Incoming | IMAP | 993 | SSL/TLS | Normal PasswordOauth2 | |
Outgoing | SMTP | 465 | SSL/TLS | Normal PasswordOauth2 | |
Username | Incoming | <Your UCSB Connect email> | Outgoing | <Your UCSB Connect Email> |
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Once it has verified that the mail connection is good, click on the Done button.
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Setting up Oauth2 to avoid having to use "less secure apps" in Google
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| Note: While normal password instead of OAuth2 will work in many cases, as of 2020 it is no longer the recommended authentication method. |
If you previously configured Thunderbird to work with normal password, you can easily switch to OAuth2 to avoid having to enable “insecure apps” on your UCSB Google Connect email account.
In Thunderbird, go to Account Settings in the menu. Under the Gmail account that you want to enable Oauth2 for, go to Server Settings. Select Oauth2 from the drop down menu next to Authentication method.
Do the same for sending mail, by going to the Outgoing Server on the left side, selecting the Gmail account, and selecting Oauth2 from the drop down menu next to Authentication method.
Save the changes by hitting Ok.
Now that we’ve made the changes, we need to remove the saved passwords. Otherwise Thunderbird may keep on trying to use the old passwords. Go to your saved passwords at Preferences > Security > Saved Passwords.
Open this up and remove any entries related to this Gmail account for incoming and outgoing passwords. There should be two.
Next, restart Thunderbird.
When Thunderbird starts back up, it will show you a prompt for your password. This is actually a web portal that is asking for your user name and password to log in, so you can grant access to Thunderbird.
Go ahead and log in with your @ucsb.edu Google Connect account.
Once you have logged in, Google will ask for your permission to allow Thunderbird to access your emails.
Click “Allow” (otherwise this will have all been for nothing…)
And you’re done! Doing this once will enable both the incoming and outgoing emails to work.
Adding Contact Syncing with UCSB Connect to Thunderbird
You will need to go to the Thunderbird Menu and scroll to Add-ons
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