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Coworking OS Mail in Outlook and Thunderbird

Outlook and Thunderbird on your computer, with an app password; most of the set-up fills itself in.

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Create an app password first: Mail → ⋯ More → Mail settings → Mail apps, name the computer, Create password, copy it. One per device, at most 10 per mailbox, removable any time (each one is listed with a Remove link). Your admin must have allowed mail apps.

A new app password: copy it now, it isn't shown again. The server settings are listed underneath.
A new app password: copy it now, it isn't shown again. The server settings are listed underneath.

Thunderbird

File → New → Existing Mail Account. Enter your name, your full address and the app password. Thunderbird finds mx.coworkingos.in and the ports itself, with no DNS changes needed. Click Done.

Outlook

  1. File → Add Account (or Settings → Accounts → Add account in new Outlook). Enter your full address.
  2. If your admin has added the optional records (Organization → Mail → Domains → Mail apps set themselves up), Outlook asks only for the app password and fills in the servers.
  3. Otherwise choose IMAP and enter: incoming mx.coworkingos.in, port 993, SSL/TLS; outgoing mx.coworkingos.in, port 465, SSL/TLS; username your full address; password the app password. Outgoing uses the same sign-in as incoming.

For admins

Organization → Mail → Policies → Security: the Mail apps choice.
Organization → Mail → Policies → Security: the Mail apps choice.
  • Allow mail apps under Organization → Mail → Policies → Security → Outlook, Apple Mail and phone mail apps: Not allowed (the default), Admins only or Everyone, then Save security settings.
  • Mail sent from those apps skips Coworking OS's own checks (daily limits, 'On behalf of'), so allow it only for people who need it.
  • Under Domains, each domain has Mail apps set themselves up (optional) with three SRV records to add at your DNS provider; press Check now after adding them. Thunderbird and the iPhone/Mac one-tap file already work without them.
  • Every app password created or removed is in the Mail audit log.

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