Overview
Instructions to guide you through the steps required to connect your Thunderbird v 78.0 to current email client to Gmail.
Steps to Take
You can also refer to our instructional video for a walkthrough on these steps.
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- Open Thunderbird.
- Under Accounts, Select Email.
![Thunderbird Gmail setup, step 1 Screen shot showing the Email box to choose when setting up Gmail in Thunderbird](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=01a864861bd03410506f64e8624bcb7a)
- Click Add
![Thunderbird Gmail setup, step 3 Screen shot showing the fields to fill out when setting up Gmail in Thunderbird](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=8da864861bd03410506f64e8624bcb7b)
- Once you fill out your information, click on "Manual Config" on the bottom left corner.
- Use the following server settings:
- Your name as shown to others when they receive your email
- Your UC San Diego email address
- Your UC San Diego password
- Check Remember password
- Use the following server settings:
- Incoming: IMAP, imap.gmail.com, Port 993, set SSL to SSL/TLS, and set authentication to OAuth2
- Outgoing: SMTP, smtp.gmail.com, Port 465, set SSL to SSL/TLS , and set authentication to OAuth2
- Note: if you do not see OAuth2, try pressing "Re-test" and checking again.
- For username, set incoming and outgoing to your email address: <username>@ucsd.edu
![screenshot: configurations for gmail on thunderbird](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=85a864861bd03410506f64e8624bcb74)
- Once you click "Done," you will be prompted to the UCSD Active Directory login page.
![SSO Login Screen Screenshot of UCSD Active Directory login screen.](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=c1a824861bd03410506f64e8624bcbe1)
- Log in using your UCSD credentials
- Authenticate using Duo two-step.
![Duo 2-step Authentication Screenshot of Duo 2-step Authentication. Authenticate to proceed.](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=41a824861bd03410506f64e8624bcbe4)
- Mozilla Thunderbird will now request access to your Google Account. Press the "Allow" button in the bottom right.
![Mozilla Thuderbird accessing Google Account Screenshot of the Google Account access request screen. Press "Allow" in the bottom right to proceed.](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=cda824861bd03410506f64e8624bcbe5)
- You email should now be accessible through Thunderbird.
- If prompted with the System Integration box, set Thunderbird as your default mail client by pressing the "Set as Default" button.
![Set Thunderbird as default mail client. Screenshot of the Systems Integration pop-up where you can set Thunderbird as the default client for E-mail, Newsgroups , and Feeds if desired using the checkboxes then pressing the "Set as Default" button.](sys_attachment.do?sys_id=89a864861bd03410506f64e8624bcb70)