E-mail Client Setup

To use the central university mail server with any common email application use the following settings:

Incoming mail server:
imap.uni-bremen.de port 993 with SSL/TLS
Outgoing mail server:
smtp.uni-bremen.de port 465 with SSL/TLS
(alternatively, port 587 with STARTTLS, e.g. if port 465 is blocked on your DSL connection)

You must enable authentication using username and password.

Outlook and Thunderbird can autoconfigure based on the email address.

You may download Thunderbird for Windows, macOS, and Linux for free: https://www.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/all/

For common e-mail applications you can find instructions (some in german) here:

Telekom has been blocking the sending of e-mail via SMTP for some time now, especially for DSL connections with a Speedport router.

To activate the SMTP servers of the University of Bremen (here examplary for the model Speedport W724V)

open the router configuration page: http://speedport.ip
enter the device password (located on the back of the router, unless it has been changed)
click on "Internet" in the top menu.
click on "List of secure e-mail servers" in the left menu.
add the following server names to the list:
smtp.uni-bremen.de
smtp.zfn.uni-bremen.de

Please also refer to the instructions for the Speedport W724V from page 86 onward.

If you have a different router model from Telekom for which this configuration does not work, please contact campusserverprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de.

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