Fix Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server with ExQuilla

How to Solve – Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server

MS Exchange mail server is popular with the entire business fraternity, the world over. One issue that small business owners tend to face is that, without MS Outlook program, the one and only option available is MS Exchange’s Webmail to overcome the issue Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server. Though this option might be okay with some of the business owners, it is definitely challenging for those who are seeking such an actual mailing client. This has all changed entirely nowadays as it is now possible connecting the Thunderbird’s mailing client to an MS Exchange’s server finally.

This has been made possible by the ExQuilla’s add-on, using which, you, as a user, can easily connect Thunderbird to Exchange server version 2007/2010 using EWS i.e. Exchange-Web-Services. This kind of setup does not need much, all that is needed to be done is to just install this add-on and gain some knowledge about the server. This article is a walkthrough for installing this add-on as well as MS Exchange account’s setup. You should be having Mozilla Thunderbird already installed and in running condition, an MS Exchange email account, and Exchange server to be either 2007 version or 2010 version and must be using EWS.

Resolve Issue Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server

Using ExQuilla Add-on

• Open Mozilla Thunderbird email client
• The, go to Tools
• And then go to Add-ons
• Now, in the search field here, you must type Exchange
• And then click ExQuilla add-on
• After that, click Install
• And now, click Restart inside Thunderbird
• This add-on should get installed
• Now, configuring new EWS account is now left within this add-on

If the user is installing this ExQuilla add-on through Thunderbird-Extension-Manager, then he/she is most likely to wind up with an outdated ExQuilla’s version that won’t work. If such is the case with you, then try installing the add-on using the following steps:

• Download the latest ExQuilla add-on version to overcome problem Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server for your OS platform (MS Windows or Linux, or even Mac)
• Now, open Thunderbird email client
• Then, go to Tools
• And then go to Add-ons
• After that, click the Tools drop-down
• Then select Install-from-File
• And now, navigate to where the file was saved
• Then select it
• And finally, click Install button
• After installation completes, you need to restart Mozilla Thunderbird again, which you can do by clicking “Restart-Now”
• After countdown, you can click Install

How to Set up Account?

Before setting up Thunderbird’s account & solve the issue Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server, find EWS address. After entering this in browser, user would be prompted for filling his credentials. Once successfully authenticated, go on to set up your account in Mozilla Thunderbird, as follows:

• First, go to Tools
• Then ExQuilla for Exchange
• After that, select Add-Microsoft-Exchange-Account
• In 1st wizard’s window, enter email address as well as password
• Leave the option for “Login-with-Email-Address” checked
• And then, click Next
• If email authentication process somehow gets failed, then go back and use the method of Domain\Username
• In MS Exchange address-setup-dialog, if MS Exchange server has been configured for auto-discover, then you can click the button for Do-Auto-Discover
• ExQuilla locates server address
• However, in case MS Exchange server has not been set up for this auto discover feature, then you have to manually enter your address
• Then, click Manual button
• And then enter URL to the server in the field of MS-Exchange-EWS-URL
• Now, click Next
• And then, enter Your Name
• Keep both bottom checkboxes as checked
• Presented window lists the created setup
• Click Finish
• Wizard completes

ExQuilla begins pulling down your MS Exchange emails into that new account that you have created. This account includes all the current mails, along with archives as well as sub-folders inside Inbox folder’s hierarchy.This will help you to resolve issue Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server

Thunderbird MBOX to Exchange server without Thunderbird

Another alternative solution where users need to migrate Mbox file to Exchange Server without Thunderbird is using Outlook. Users can choose SysTools MBOX to PST Converter & then migrate into Exchange Server. This can be very beneficial for the users who have Thunderbird Files stored on local hard disk as archives.

Conclusion

Though, this is not really a complete feature-by-feature substitute for any user who cannot get MS Office in his budget and just want some alternative substitute for MS Outlook, but still making use of Mozilla Thunderbird with this ExQuilla add-on is really a cool way of getting hold of an emailing application connected with MS Exchange Server 2007/2010. You will also see some application will work faster to move Thunderbird files to Exchange with MS Outlook program which will help you to resolve issue Thunderbird Failed to Connect to Exchange Server.