To set up Thunderbird to sync to your Outlook.com account’s email:
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Open Thunderbird.
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From the Application menu, choose Add Account…
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Input your account information, choose Options… then Account Settings…
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Click the Account Actions button, then choose Add Mail Account…
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Input your account information.
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Click Continue.
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Click Manual config.
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Set the Incoming settings as follows: a. Server hostname: imap-mail.outlook.com. b. Port: 993. c. SSL: SSL/TLS. d. Authentication: Normal password.
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Set the Outgoing settings as follows: a. Server hostname: smtp-mail.outlook.com. b. Port: 587. c. SSL: STARTTLS. d. Authentication: Normal password.
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Click Done.