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email_client_configuration [2020/03/23 13:01]
rosterberg [General Outgoing Email Configuration]
email_client_configuration [2022/11/21 11:18] (current)
mperriello [IMAP Settings]
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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====
  
-If you are sending Olin email using anything ​other than Microsoft Outlook or the Office 365 web interface, you will need to configure the "​outgoing mail server"​ or "​outgoing SMTP server"​ to use the Olin Office 365 configuration. These enhanced security requirements help to reduce the volume of spam flowing through email systems.+If you are sending Olin email using a tool other than Microsoft Outlook or the [[https://​outlook.office.com/​|Office 365 web interface]], you will need to configure the "​outgoing mail server"​ or "​outgoing SMTP server"​ to use the Olin Office 365 configuration. These enhanced security requirements help to reduce the volume of spam flowing through email systems.
  
 Though the exact fields may be different in your email program, these are the general settings that are required: Though the exact fields may be different in your email program, these are the general settings that are required:
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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.//
 +
 +**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: ​ 
- 
-[[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''​ 
- 
 ===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. 
 + 
 +*//If you don't see the top bar that contains **Tools**, hit Alt//. 
 + 
 +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: 
 + 
 +  * 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. ​
  
    
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         * Username: Olin UPN (e.g. ''​jstudent@olin.edu''​)         * Username: Olin UPN (e.g. ''​jstudent@olin.edu''​)
         * Connection Security: ''​SSL/​TLS''​         * Connection Security: ''​SSL/​TLS''​
-        * Authentication Method: ''​normal password''​+        * Authentication Method: ''​OAuth2''​
       * Outgoing server:       * Outgoing server:
         * Type :SMTP         * Type :SMTP
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         * Username: Olin UPN (e.g. ''​jstudent@olin.edu''​)         * Username: Olin UPN (e.g. ''​jstudent@olin.edu''​)
         * Connection Security: ''​STARTTLS''​         * Connection Security: ''​STARTTLS''​
-        * Authentication Method: ''​normal password''​+        * Authentication Method: ''​OAuth2''​
       * If necessary, click Advanced       * If necessary, click Advanced
         * Select "use incoming mail settings"​ for authentication settings         * Select "use incoming mail settings"​ for authentication settings