Using Thunderbird, Pine, and Mutt with Office365

Note:

These instructions will not work after October 1, 2019. After that time, you will need to use the instructions here:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/compfac/faq/imap-office365-mfa.html

  • Thunderbird:

    You'll need to tell thunderbird to add a new account, then click "manual config". Remember to use mst3k@virginia.edu as your mail address when creating the account. The necessary settings are shown in the screenshot below:

    That should do it. If you have trouble, you might find these detailed instructions useful:

    https://uit.stanford.edu/service/office365/configure/thunderbird

  • Pine and Alpine:

    Here are the settings you need in your .pinerc file:

    user-domain=virginia.edu
    smtp-server=outlook.office365.com/TLS/novalidate-cert/user=mst3k@virginia.edu
    inbox-path={outlook.office365.com/SSL/novalidate-cert/user=mst3k@virginia.edu}Inbox
    folder-collections=Office365 {outlook.office365.com/SSL/novalidate-cert/user=mst3k@virginia.edu}[]
    default-fcc={outlook.office365.com/SSL/novalidate-cert/user=mst3k@virginia.edu}sentmail
    
  • Mutt:

    Here are the settings for your .muttrc file:

    set smtp_url="smtps://mst3k%40virginia.edu@outlook.office365.com/"
    set folder="imaps://mst3k%40virginia.edu@outlook.office365.com/"
    set spoolfile="+Inbox"
    set postponed="+Drafts"
    set record="+sentmail"