Thunderbird Configuration

Overview

Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client

Procedure

1. Open Thunderbird
2. Click Tools
3. Click Account Settings…
4. Click Account Actions
5. Click Add Mail Account…
6. Enter Your Name (whatever you want to show up on sent emails)
7. Enter your email (rcs_id@rpi.edu)
8. Enter your password
9. Check the Remember password box
10. Click Continue
11. Click Manual Config
12. Incoming:
    
    1. First dropdown should be IMAP
    2. Server hostname should be exchange.rpi.edu
    3. Port should be 993
    4. SSL should be SSL/TLS
    5. Authentication should be Normal Password
13. Outgoing:
    
    1. Server hostname should be exchange.rpi.edu
    2. Port should be 587
    3. SSL should be STARTTLS
    4. Authentication should be Normal Password
14. Click Done

To login just using a web browser, go to:   https://exchange.rpi.edu 

NOTE:  Additional Thunderbird configuration step for version 78 or newer:

1. Go to Options -> General tab on left -> scroll all the way to to the bottom to click on Config Editor
2. Click on I accept the risk
3. In the search, put in security.tls.version.min -> press Enter ->  change value to 1