The followings give the brief procedures for setting up ThunderBird to use the SMTP gateway (smtp.office365.com) to send emails in the campus.

Procedures:

  • From the menu bar, click Tools -> Account Settings...
  • Click the Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left panel. Then highlight the default server and click the Edit button.
  • Make sure you enter the following information correctly.
    • Server Name: smtp.office365.com
    • Port: 587
    • Connection security: STARTTLS
    • Authentication method: Normal password
    • User name: your username