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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 provides access to Microsoft 365 (M365) email, but not calendar or tasks.
Open Thunderbird. Under Local Folders, click Email under the 'Setup Another Account' heading.
Enter your name, username@uwaterloo.ca and password in the 'Setup your Existing Email Address' page. Click Configure manually... (Note: your username is your 8-character UWaterloo username, i.e. j25rober)
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. |
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Right-click on your Microsoft 365 account and select Subscribe... from the drop-down menu.
Place a checkmark within the box next to each of these folders: "Drafts | Deleted Items | Sent Items".
Click Subscribe button.
Click OK button.
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'.
Click the OK button.
Restart Thunderbird
Disable the adaptive junk mail controls
Microsoft 365 server-side junk/spam filtering is already enabled for all M365 accounts.
Right-click on the email address you just configured in the left-hand pane.
Click on Settings.
Click Junk Settings from the left-hand options pane.
Uncheck the box for Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account.
Click the OK button.
Common Microsoft 365 folders and Thunderbird
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deletes an email: move the deleted email msg to the M365 'Deleted Items' folder
saves an email draft: keep the saved email msg in the M365 'Drafts' folder
sends an email: save a copy of the email msg in the M365 'Sent Items' folder
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