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Reconfigure folder mapping in Thunderbird for Microsoft 365 mailbox
Disable the adaptive junk mail controls
Common Microsoft 365 folders and Thunderbird

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  • You need to be running the latest ESR (extended-support release) version of Thunderbird. Download here: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

  • You need to enable cookies in Thunderbird in order to use OAuth 2. Enable cookies by going to Options > Privacy & Security > select Accept cookies from sites under the Web Content section.

  • The Thunderbird mail client only provides access to Microsoft 365 (M365) , formerly known as Office 365 email, but not calendar or tasks.

  1. Open Thunderbird. Under Local Folders, click Email under the 'Setup Another Account' heading.

  2. Enter your name, username@uwaterloo.ca and password in the 'Setup your Existing Email Address' page. Click Configure Manuallymanually... (Note: your username is your 8-character UWaterloo username, i.e. j25rober)

  3. The Incoming and Outgoing settings appear in the expanded options.

Ensure that they are setup to look like the settings below. Once your settings match as shown below, click Done.

(Note: your username is your 8 character UWaterloo username, i.e. j25rober)

If OAuth2 is not listed under the Authentication drop-down menu, click Re-test or Advanced config to get the OAuth2 option to appear.
(Note: your username is your 8 character UWaterloo username, i.e. j25rober)

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4. You will be prompted with an ADFS login. Enter your credentials password and click Sign in
If you have DUO You will be prompted for 2-factor authentication enabled, you will receive a prompt to verify your account. Select your preferred prompt option and click OK.

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  1. Place a checkmark within the box next to each of these folders: "Drafts | Deleted Items | Sent Items".

  2. Click Subscribe button.

  3. Click OK button.

  4. Right-click on your Microsoft 365 account and select " Settings... " from the drop-down menu.

  • Under your Microsoft 365 account, select "Server Settings".

  • Within 'Server Settings | , in the 'When I delete a message' section, select "Move it to this folder:" and use the text box next to this setting to select the " Deleted Items"folder.

Make sure " Drafts" folder is selected within your Microsoft 365 account under 'Drafts and Templates'.

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Microsoft 365 server-side junk/spam filtering is already enabled for all Microsoft 365 M365 accounts.

  1. Right-click on the email address you just configured in the left-hand pane.

  2. Click on Settings.

  3. Click Junk Settings from the left-hand option options pane.

  4. Uncheck the box for Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account.

  5. Click the OK button.

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There are common mail folders on an a Microsoft 365 (M365) Outlook email account e.g. 'Deleted Items', 'Drafts' and 'Sent Items').
The Thunderbird program can 'subscribe' to these folders so that you can tell Thunderbird to use these Outlook folders when Thunderbird does the following:

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