Accessing Edison Email in Thunderbird

Connecting to the Edison Employee Address Book and Autocompleting

(For faculty & staff on campus only)

Thunderbird must first be installed and configured. See instructions here.

This is a fairly complicated operation. If you have difficulties or are not comfortable performing this procedure simply submit a Help Desk ticket to have a technician set it up. *This will only work on campus.

1. Start Thunderbird
2. Click Tools -> Address Book
3. Click File -> New -> LDAP Directory
4. Copy and paste the following Directory Server Properties
   • Name: Edison Employee
   • Hostname: ldap.edison.edu
   • Base DN: ou=people,o=edison.edu,o=edison
   • Port number: 389
   • Bind DN: uid=yourportalusername,ou=People,o=edison.edu,o=edison
5. Be sure to replace yourportalusername with your actual myEdison portal user name.
6. Click the Advanced tab
7. In the Search filter box copy and paste the following: mailHost=mail.edison.edu
8. Click OK
9. Back in the Address Book window click Tools -> Options
10. Click Composition
11. Click the Addressing tab
12. In the Address Autocompletion section check the box for Directory Server and use the dropdown box to select Edison Employee.
13. Click OK.
14. To test that the setup works, click Write.
15. In the To: field, start typing a first name, last name, or email address.
16. You should be prompted for a password. Enter your portal password. Check the box to remember the password.
17. Matches from the global address book should appear.
18. If they do not, submit a Help Desk ticket.
19. If you like to search contacts in addition to the autocompletion, look for a Contacts pane of the left side of the window. If the Contacts pane is not visible, click View and then Contacts Sidebar.
20. In the Contacts Sidebar, at the top left under Address Book, click the dropdown box and choose Edison Employee.