In the “Copies & Folders” tab, change “Keep draft messages in:” to “Other: Drafts.”.In the “Copies & Folders” tab, change “Place a copy in:” to “Other: Sent Items.”.In the “Server Settings” tab, change “When I delete a message:” to “Move it to this folder: Deleted Items.” (Note: If you do not see the option for Deleted Items, restart Thunderbird and try again).Right-click on your Microsoft 365 account and select Settings from the drop-down menu.Place a checkmark within the box next to each of these folders: 'Drafts | Deleted Items | Sent Items.'.Right-click on your Microsoft 365 account and select Subscribe.

This will make it less confusing if you also use the web client for Microsoft 365 or a different desktop client using the Exchange protocol. For consistency, we highly recommend configuring Thunderbird to use these same folders. Reconfigure Folder MappingĬlients configured using Microsoft Exchange protocol use different folders for some primary mail folders. Important: Please complete these steps before using your Thunderbird client.

Thunderbird is now set up, but please complete the steps below.

You will be prompted to sign in with your UTD password, enter it and select Sign in.

Change “Authentication method:” to OAuth2, ensure connection security is STARTTLS and select OK.

Go to the “Outgoing Server (SMTP)” tab and select Edit.

In the “Server Settings” tab, change “Authentication method:” to OAuth2.

Enter information into the available fields as shown below and then select Advanced config.

Email address: Your NetID email (IMPORTANT) Password: Do not enter your password on this login screen.

Your name: Your name as you would like it to appear.

On the Mail Account Setup window, enter information into the available fields listed below and select Configure manually.

Select Email under the 'Setup Another Account' section in the main window. If you have other accounts configured, you can navigate here by clicking on Local Folders on the left-hand side.Launch Thunderbird to bring up the main Thunderbird interface.These instructions are useful for running a version of Thunderbird 77.0b1 or later, supporting OAuth2 modern authentication.

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