Connecting to Outlook Live with Thunderbird (IMAP)

STEP 1:

Open up Thunderbird and Select "Tools" from the menu above and then select "Account Settings".

Open Thunderbird and Click on Tools and then Account settings

STEP 2:

In the "Account Settings" window click the "Add Account..." Button to start creating your email account.

Hit the Add Account... Button

STEP 3:

You will then select the "Email Account" option and then hit the "Next >" button.

Select Email account

STEP 4:

You will then enter in your Full name, and then enter in your University Email Address. Once you have done this you will click the "Next >" button.

Enter your Full name and University Email address

STEP 5:

You will then select "IMAP" as your incoming server type. You will then enter in "outlook.com" as your incoming Server name. The Outgoing server is different for everyone, to find your specific server you must follow the directions located here. Enter your Outgoing server name, once you have done this Click "Next >."

“If you are on campus you may use mail.byui.edu to send email. If you are off campus you must use another mail server to send mail. BYUI currently does not support an outgoing mail server that is available both on and off campus.”

Select IMAP and then enter outlook.com and your outgoing server name.

STEP 6:

You will now be asked to enter your User Names for your Incoming and Outgoing server. They are both your University Email address. This should look similar to "bat0900@byui.edu".Once you have enter the usernames you will continue by hitting the "Next >" button.

Enter your Email address as the usersnames

STEP 7:

You will now be asked for your Account Name, you will enter in your University Email address as you account name, you will continue by hitting the "Next >" button.

Enter your Email address as the account name

STEP 8:

You will then be shown all the information that you have entered in previous steps. Review over this information and everything looks correct hit the "Finish" button. If something looks wrong hit the "< Back" button and follow these steps again.

Confirm your Information

STEP 9:

Once you click "Finish" you will be brought back to the "Account Settings." You will want to highlight the "server settings" under your account on the left. When this new part opens you will want to Select the option "SSL" under the "security settings". When you have done this, then highlight the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)"on the left hand side of the window.

Change your incoming server to use SSL

STEP 10:

When your new options open you will then want to Click on te "Edit..." button. Which will open a new window.

on outgoing server edit some of its info

STEP 11:

When the SMTP Server window opens you will want to select the "TLS, If Avaible" option at the bottom of the window. You will then hit the "OK" button. You will then hit "OK" on the "Account Settings" window.

set your outgoing server to use TLS, if Available

STEP 12:

You will then be prompted to enter your password, this password Will be you University Account password. When you enter your password you will hit the "OK" button.

Close both windows and enter your university Email password.

STEP 13:

You will then need to dowload your emails. To do this you will just simply click on the "Get Mail" button loacted in the main Thunderbird window.

highlight your account and hit the Get Mail Button.

STEP 14:

When you click the Get Mail button your emails will begin to download. When they have finished downloaded verify that you have all your emails.

If you require additional help Microsoft has some more resources which can be found here.

Log into your account and download emails

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