Forwarding Your School Emails

Every staff member, middle school student, and high school student has a full Office 365 account. Along with many great benefits, such free downloads of the whole Microsoft Office suite, each also receives an email account with 50gb of space. In just a short time we have already seen improved communication between students, parents, and teachers through email. However, many users have asked if they could forward their school email address to their personal email account for easier access. The answer is, “YES!” and here are two easy options:

Option 1: Simple Forwarding

The easiest method is to simply tell Office356 to send all your mail to a new email address that you specify. The downside to this is that you will not be able to send using your school email address. For this reason, teachers should use the second method below if possible. There is also a possibility that your incoming emails might be flagged as spam. If you experience problems with this method, try the second method listed below. Here’s how to set up simple forwarding.

Full instructions: https://community.office365.com/en-us/w/exchange/2191-how-to-forward-email-in-office-365 

  1. Go to faithca.org/mail and login using your email address and password.
  2. Click on the gear icon in the top right and click Options.
  3. On the Left click Mail, then click Accounts, then click Forwarding
  4. Type in the email address that you want the mail forwarded too and then click Save above the form.
  5. DONE!

Option 2: Robust Forwarding

This option is easy too but takes a few more steps. This option is better especially for teachers because it gives them the ability to send using their school email account also.

In the video tutorial, I explain this method using a Gmail account. You can use this same method and settings with some online email websites (but not all). This method also works with all email software programs such as Outlook, Thunderbird, Mac Mail, and Windows Mail.

Full instructions: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Outlook-settings-for-POP-and-IMAP-access-for-Office-365-for-business-or-Microsoft-Exchange-accounts-7fc677eb-2491-4cbc-8153-8e7113525f6c

  1. Login to Gmail
  2. Click the Gear Icon and then Settings  and then  Account and Imports  and then “Add a POP3 mail account you own”
  3. Type in your email address and click Next Step.
  4. For “Username” type in your full email address with lowercase letters.
    For “Password” type in the password for your Faithca.org email address.
    For “Pop Server” type in: outlook.office365.com 
    For “Port” select 995 
    Select “Always use a secure connection (SSL)…”
    You may select the options as you desire.
    Click Add Account
  5. On the next screen select “Yes, I want to be able to send mail a…” and click Next Step.
  6. On the next screen select “Treat as an alias” and click Next Step.
  7. For “Username” type in your full email address with lowercase letters.
    For “Password” type in the password for your Faithca.org email address.
    For “SMPT Server” type in: smtp.office365.com 
    For “Port” select 587 
    Select “Secured connection using TLS”
    Click Add Account
  8. A confirmation email will be sent to your Faithca.org email address. Go to faithca.org/mail and login using your email address and password. Click the link in the email from Google.
  9. DONE!   You can now send and receive emails from your school email address in Gmail or another program you are using.

If you have any questions please email Brandon Eastin.