Setting Up UBC Faculty & Staff E-mail Using Thunderbird 52.x (IMAPS)

This document explains how to setup IMAPS for Mozilla Thunderbird 52.x for FASmail using the built-in Auto-Configuration utility.

  1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird. If you are setting up Mozilla Thunderbird for the first time, a setup wizard will appear. If so, please skip down to step 3.
  2. Select the File menu and choose New and Mail Account.
  3. Type in your name, FASmail email address and CWL password.
  4. Check the box next to Remember password.
  5. Make sure you have an Internet connection for the next step. Click Continue.

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  6. Allow setup to prefill fields, you should see the default values as indicated below.

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  7. The Incoming address should be set to imap.mail.ubc.ca.  Ensure the port is set to 993, choose SSL/TLS, and select Normal password for Authentication.
  8. The Outgoing address should be set to smtp.mail.ubc.ca.  Ensure the port is set to 587, choose STARTTLS, and select Normal password for Authentication.

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  9. Click Done.
  10. Thunderbird should automatically check for mail.  If it does not automatically check for mail, click Get Mail.