Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Save an email message
This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result. Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be supported?.Best Effort Support Only
Thunderbird offers several options for saving an email message. For instance, a message that you received can be saved as a file on your computer, or a message that you are composing can be saved as a draft and finished later.
- Open Thunderbird
- Highlight the message you wish to save by clicking on it
- Click the Menu button to the right of the search bar (looks like three horizontal lines)
- From the menu options, select Save As
- Select File
- Choose where you want to save your file, name it, and select Save
- Open Thunderbird
- Create a new email by selecting Write or use a keyboard shortcut (Command + N on a Mac, Control + N in Windows)
- In the message body, enter the content that you want.
- In the message window, click the File menu from the top bar, and then click Save As.
- In the Save As drop down menu, in the Save as type list, click Template.
- In the File name box, type a name for your template, and then click Save.
- Use Menu, File, Save
- Use the keyboard short cut (Command + S for Mac and Control + S in Windows)