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Thunderbird 91.x KIT mailbox
Notes
Add another account in Thunderbird:
- Application menu (three horizontal lines) - Account settings.
- Account actions - Add mail Account..
Configuration (Mail)
- When you first start Thunderbird, you will be greeted by a wizard to set up your account, which you should follow.
- Enter the following data:
- Your name: last name, first name (OE).
- Email address: firstname lastname ∂does-not-exist.kit edu as an employee
(Students: uxxxx ∂does-not-exist.student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234 ∂does-not-exist.partner kit edu). - Password: your corresponding password
- Next
- The settings will be found automatically.
- Done
- Finish
The Thunderbird configuration is successfully completed.
Settings (Mail)
The settings now look like this:
Calendar (Tasks)
You can use CalDAV to access calendars in your own mailbox or in another mailbox.
To access a calendar in another mailbox, you need at least read permissions (equivalent to "All Details" in Outlook/OWA) on it. Starting with Thunderbird 91, you also need the "Folder visible" permission on the top folder of the mailbox so that Thunderbird can search for available calendars.
If it is not the default calendar, you need read permissions to the complete path, i.e. to all parent folders.
Besides the calendar, the tasks are also synchronized.
For calendars to which you have read-only permissions (e.g. a room), it is recommended to activate the "Read-only" option.
Access to the default calendar
- Application menu (three horizontal lines) - New - Calendar
- Location of the calendar: on the network
- Next
- Enter the following data:
- Username: firstname lastname ∂does-not-exist.kit edu as an employee
(Students: uxxxx ∂does-not-exist.student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234 ∂does-not-exist.partner kit edu). - Address (for the default calendar): https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/<sender-email-address>/calendar
KIT staff https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂kit edu/calendar Functional mailbox https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/name∂oe kit edu/calendar Guests and partners https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂partner kit edu/calendar Students pseudomized https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/uabcd∂student kit edu/calendar Students depseudomized https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂student kit edu/calendar - Offline support: yes
- Find calendars
- Enter the password associated with the username (see above).
- Calendar type: CalDAV
- If you have multiple calendars, select the calendars you want.
- Properties
- Enter the following data:
- Calendar Name: you can choose the name freely
- Color: you can choose the color freely
- Show reminders: optional
- Email: optional. Required for sending and receiving meeting requests. Choose your IMAP account for your calendar.
- If you have multiple calendars, select the calendars you want.
- OK
- Subscribe
- Username: firstname lastname ∂does-not-exist.kit edu as an employee
Access to a calendar other than the default calendar
You can also access a calendar other than the default calendar.
- The prerequisite is that the folder already exists. You cannot create a new calendar in the mailbox via CALDAV.
- If you create a new calendar via OWA, it will be created below the default calendar.
- Address: https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/<sender-email-address-from-mailbox>/path-to-folder
Calendar below the default calendar
KIT employee | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂kit edu/calendar/folder-name. |
Functional mailbox | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/name∂oe kit edu/calendar/folder-name |
Students anonymized | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/uabcd∂student kit edu/calendar/folder name |
Students deanonymized | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂student kit edu/calendar/foldername |
Calendar outside of default calendar
KIT employees | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂kit edu/foldername[/subfoldername] |
Functional mailbox | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/name∂oe kit edu/folder name[/subfolder name] |
Students anonymized | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/uabcd∂student kit edu/folder name[/subfolder name] |
Students deanonymized | https://caldav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂student kit edu/foldername[/subfoldername] |
Contacts
Note: You can also install and use an add-on such as CardBook.
- Address Book
- File - New - CardDAV Address Book.
- Address: https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/<sender-email-address>/contacts
KIT employee https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂kit edu/contacts Functional mailbox https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/name∂oe kit edu/contacts Guests and partners https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂partner kit edu/contacts Students pseudomized https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/uabcd∂student kit edu/contacts Students depseudomized https://carddav.scc.kit.edu/users/firstname lastname∂student kit edu/contacts
- Username: firstname lastname ∂does-not-exist.kit edu as an employee
(Students: uxxxx ∂does-not-exist.student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234 ∂does-not-exist.partner kit edu).
- If you have multiple contact folders, select the one you want.
Global address book (internal only)
Create address book
- Address book
- File - New - LDAP Directory...
- Name: freely selectable, e.g. KIT-AD
- Server address: kit-ad.scc.kit.edu
- Base DN: dc=kit,dc=edu
- Port number: 3269
- Bind-DN: firstname lastname ∂does-not-exist.kit edu as an employee
(Students: uxxxx ∂does-not-exist.student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234 ∂does-not-exist.partner kit edu). - Use secure connection (SSL): yes.
- Advanced
- Search filter: (objectclass=*)(mail=*)
- Search filter: (objectclass=*)(mail=*)
Search in address book
Show "Display name" as name in search result
- Tools - Preferences - General- Config Editor... (at the very bottom).
- change ldap_2.servers.default.attrmap.DisplayName from "cn,commonname" to "displayName
The address book can now be selected and searched. You have to authenticate when accessing it.
automatic search for message addressing
- Application menu (three horizontal lines) - Account settings - Composition & Addressing
- Use my global LDAP server preferences for this account
- Global Addressing Preferences...
- Directory Server: <name of the address book created above>
- Always search LDAP directory even if there are matches in the local address book
- Application menu (three horizontal lines) - Preferences - General - Config Editor... (at the bottom)
- ldap_2.autoComplete.skipDirectoryIfLocalMatchFound = false
Note: possible Problem with user certificate
If you have a user certificate in Thunderbird, Thunderbird uses it when accessing the KIT-AD.
If you have set "Select one automatically" under "Application menu (three horizontal lines) - Preferences - Privacy & Security - Certificates - When a server requests my personal security certificate", you will not get any search results for about 2 minutes during the first search query after starting Thunderbird.
If you have set"Ask me every time", the first search query after starting Thunderbird will show this selection window and you can click "Cancel". Otherwise you will not get any search results for about 2 minutes.