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Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Create a contact
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
You can capture and organize information about people by creating contacts. Contacts are like electronic cards that store a person's information. A contact can be as basic as a name and email address, or include more information like a street address, multiple phone numbers, and a photo.
Important: The contacts you manage within Thunderbird are not saved to your Office 365 account. They can only be used within Thunderbird. Plus, any contacts you have created using a client that is connected via Exchange/Active Sync (Outlook | Apple Mail | Outlook Web App) cannot be accessed via Thunderbird.
Create a new contact- Open Thunderbird
- Select Address Book
- Select New Contact
- Choose from the drop down menu which address book you'd like to save your contact to.
- The Personal Address Book is populated with contacts you add to your address book, it is stored on the computer you use to create a contact
- The Collected Addresses book is automatically populated by Thunderbird to every person you send an email to, it is stored on the computer you use to send an email
- Open Thunderbird
- Click to highlight the email from the sender you'd like to add as a contact
- In the Preview Pane, right click the sender's email
- Choose Add to Address Book
- If you'd like to add more contact details, right click on the email again and select Edit Contact