


Thunderbird is now configured for use with your Office 365 email account. Click OK to close the Account Settings window.Click “Re-Test” to ensure that the credentials you have entered are correct, then you will click connect. Image Description: A screenshot of the email account set up page. You should get a message stating, “The following settings were found by probing the given server”. ) in the Incoming and Outgoing Username fields. Enter your complete email address (i.e.Enter in the Outgoing Server hostname field, change Port to 587, change SSL to STARTTLS and Authentication is Normal password.For Incoming Server hostname enter ,change Port to 993, change SSL to SSL/TLS and Authentication is Normal password.Here, you will click “Manual Config” so that you can manually enter the information posted in this article to ensure you are correctly configuring your account. Image Description: A screenshot of the account set up page. Please Note: Thunderbird will automatically try to set up the connection using default configurations, but you will need to click the Manual Config button to enter the correct configuration. Configuration found at email provider will appear, but you have to click Manual Config. Enter your ULID password in the field labeled Password, and then click Continue.Press Continue after entering your sensitive account information. Enter your email address in the field labeled Email Address Description: A screenshot of the section where you will enter your personal information.Enter your name in the field labeled Your Name.Click Account Actions and then select Add Mail Account….Image Description: A screenshot of the “Account Actions” tab within Thunderbird’s advanced account settings. Hover your cursor over Options and click Account Settings.Image Description: A screenshot of the settings button within Thunderbird. Click the Thunderbird Menu icon (three horizontal bars) at the upper-right of the Thunderbird pane.To configure Thunderbird, do the following:

This article explains how to configure the Mozilla Thunderbird email client to receive your Illinois State University Office 365 email account.
