How to Configure Office 365 College E-mail for Thunderbird

1. Go to your school e-mail and click on settings. Search the settings for POP or IMAP. It should look something like this:

POP setting:
Server name: outlook.office365.com
Port: 995
Encryption method: TLS

IMAP setting:
etc.

2. Go to Thunderbird. Under Create new account:, click Email.

3. Hit Skip this and use my existing email.

4. In the Your Name field, type in whatever name you want displayed when sending messages (for example: Bob Smith). In the Email Address field, type your school email address (for example: bob.smith@school.edu). Leave the Password field blank, even if you have a password. Hit Continue.

5. The configuration will fail. That's okay. Go to your email settings from the first step and fill out the appropriate information. If you could not find the info, you can try different variations of this:

Incoming: IMAP, Server host name: outlook.office365.com, Port: 993, SSL: SSL/TLS, Authentication: normal password.

Outgoing: SMTP, Server host name: smtp.office365.com OR smtp.[school web address] (for example: smtp.school.edu), Port: 587 OR 465, SSL: STARTTLS OR SSL/TLS, Authentication: normal password.

Username (incoming and outgoing): [your email username]@[school web address] (for example: bobusername@school.edu).

Click Done.

6. Your e-mail should appear. It may or may not ask for a password. If it doesn't, hit Inbox. Fill out your school email password. If the password doesn't work and you know you filled it out correctly, click on the account you just made. Hit View settings for this account. Click Account actions > Remove account. Start over and try out different settings until it works. If you still have problems, contact your school IT for help.