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======Setup your Email Client for Olin Email====== | ======Setup your Email Client for Olin Email====== | ||
- | + | - Launch Outlook Application | |
- | ====Outlook==== | + | - Sign in with Olin Credentials |
- | This is the default configuration when using Outlook with an Exchange server | + | - Set up Two-Factor Authentication |
- | * All Configurations: | + | * [[configure_mfa|Two-Factor Authentication]] |
- | * Verify that your Exchange configuration is encrypting communication between Outlook and the Exchange server. | + | |
- | * Within Outlook | + | |
- | - Right click your Mailbox in the All Mail Folders window | + | |
- | - Select **Properties** at the bottom of the popup menu | + | |
- | - In the **General** tab, click the **Advanced** button at the bottom | + | |
- | - Select the **Security** tab | + | |
- | - Under the **Encryption** setting, select the **Encrypt data between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange server** option | + | |
- | - Click **OK** | + | |
- | - Click **OK** | + | |
- | * From campus: | + | |
- | * If you login to your computer with your Olin network credentials, it uses that account automatically to retrieve and send email | + | |
- | * From off campus: | + | |
- | * If you login to your computer with your Olin network credentials, it uses that account automatically to retrieve and send email | + | |
- | * Alternatively, you could configure your account through an IMAP connection as detailed below, however you will lose some of the advanced features provided by the Exchange MAPI connection | + | |
====General Outgoing Email Configuration==== | ====General Outgoing Email Configuration==== | ||
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* Outgoing SMTP port: **587** (do not use 25 or 465) | * Outgoing SMTP port: **587** (do not use 25 or 465) | ||
* Use encryption: **TLS** | * Use encryption: **TLS** | ||
- | * SMTP server login: //use your Olin username, such as// **jstudent@olin.edu** | + | * SMTP server login: //use your Olin UPN, such as// **jstudent@olin.edu** |
* SMTP server password: //use your Olin account password// | * SMTP server password: //use your Olin account password// | ||
//Using smtp.olin.edu or smtps.olin.edu for this configuration is no longer supported, and may stop working at any point.// | //Using smtp.olin.edu or smtps.olin.edu for this configuration is no longer supported, and may stop working at any point.// | ||
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+ | **NOTE**: Once you finish configuring an Olin email using a tool other than Microsoft Outlook **email HelpDesk**(helpdesk@olin.edu). IT needs to change an additional setting for two-factor authentication to work. | ||
====Thunderbird==== | ====Thunderbird==== | ||
- | ==Address Book=== | ||
- | To set up your address book, go to** Edit -> Preferences**, **Composition** tab, **Addressing** tab. Click **Edit Directories**..., click **Add**: | ||
- | * Name: ''Exchange'' | ||
- | * Hostname: ''ldaps.olin.edu'' | ||
- | * Base DN: ou=''people'',dc=''olin'',dc=''edu'' | ||
- | * Port number: ''3269'' | ||
- | * Bind DN: ''MILKYWAY''\[your username] | ||
- | * Under the **advanced** tab, ensure that login method is set to **simple**. | ||
- | |||
- | Select **OK**, then check **Directory Server**: and select the **Exchange** address book. | ||
- | ===Calendar=== | ||
- | |||
- | * Finally, you'll want the "Lightning" extension for Thunderbird. | ||
- | * Next, install this extension: | ||
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- | [[https://addons.mozilla.org/af/thunderbird/addon/provider-for-microsoft-exchang/]] | ||
- | * Make a new calendar, choose **Microsoft Exchange**, and type in a URL like the following: ''%%https://MILKYWAY\%%[your username here]@webmail.olin.edu/EWS/Exchange.asmx'' | ||
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===Email=== | ===Email=== | ||
- Create a new account. | - Create a new account. | ||
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* Thunderbird will attempt to auto-detect some settings (you can stop this). | * Thunderbird will attempt to auto-detect some settings (you can stop this). | ||
* Make sure the **Incoming mail** account is set to **IMAP** (vs. POP), | * Make sure the **Incoming mail** account is set to **IMAP** (vs. POP), | ||
- | - Select **Manual setup...** and use the information below. | + | - Select **Manual setup...** and use the information from the **IMAP Settings** section below. |
- | ==== POP/IMAP Settings ==== | + | ===Address Book and Calendar=== |
+ | To set up your address book or calendar, you will need to install a couple add-ons. Go to** Tools*** **-> Add-ons**, **Extensions** tab. Take note if there is an add-on named **Lightning** under **Manage Your Extensions**, you will need this later. Search for //tbsync//. In the new window click **+ Add to Thunderbird** to the right of the option **TbSync**. Thunderbird will download the add-on, then ask if you want to install it; click **Install**. Search for //exchange activesync// and follow the same instructions to install **Provider for Exchange ActiveSync**. If **Lightning** is not already installed, search for //lightning// and follow the same instructions and install it. | ||
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+ | *//If you don't see the top bar that contains **Tools**, hit Alt//. | ||
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+ | To set up your Outlook account through TbSync, go to either **Tools -> Add-on Options -> TbSync** or **Tools -> Synchronization Settings (TbSync)**. At the bottom of the window go to **Account actions -> Add new account -> Exchange ActiveSync**, go to **Custom Configuration**, then fill out the requested fields: | ||
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+ | * Account name: ''Outlook'' | ||
+ | * User name (email address): //Your UPN in the form of ''jstudent@olin.edu''// | ||
+ | * Password: //Your Olin network password// | ||
+ | * Server address: ''outlook.office365.com'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Click **Add account**. In the **Synchronization status** tab, check to **Enable and synchronize this account**. This will bring up a list of what you can sync -- check **Contacts**, and check whatever calendars you want to access. At the bottom of the window, click **Synchronize now**. Wait for the status next to each option you checked to read OK, then close the window and restart Thunderbird. | ||
+ | ====IMAP Settings ==== | ||
== POP/SMTP configuration: == | == POP/SMTP configuration: == | ||
- | *As of the August 2015 Exchange migration. Pop will no longer be a supported protocol. We suggest that you use the IMAP configuration listed below. | + | *As of the August 2015 Exchange migration. POP is no longer a supported protocol. We suggest that you use the IMAP configuration listed below. |