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.

- Click Add

- 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

- Once you click "Done," you will be prompted to the UCSD Active Directory login page.

- Log in using your UCSD credentials
- Authenticate using Duo two-step.

- Mozilla Thunderbird will now request access to your Google Account. Press the "Allow" button in the bottom right.

- 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.
