Email

General information on accessing email, configuring email clients and more.

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Microsoft Outlook

Bowdoin College uses Office 365 for their email services.
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Mobile Email Setup

Setting up Bowdoin email on iPhones, iPads, and Android devices.
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Articles (5)

How to find the email headers of a message

Step-by-step instructions for finding and copying email headers in Outlook Online and Outlook for Windows, which IT staff use to diagnose spam, routing, and delivery issues.

Log in to Bowdoin Email and Calendar with Outlook Online

How to log in to Bowdoin email and calendar using Outlook Online in a web browser, via the Bowdoin Okta portal or directly at outlook.office.com.

Moving Bowdoin Email to Gmail Using Apple Mail

Instructions for students who are leaving Bowdoin and want to save their Bowdoin email by moving messages to a Gmail or other personal email account on macOS.

Read Bowdoin Email Outside of Outlook

Bowdoin email is hosted on Microsoft 365, and Gmail does not have a working way to add a Microsoft 365 mailbox for ongoing, day-to-day reading. This article is for current Bowdoin account holders and explains why Gmail cannot connect to an active @bowdoin.edu mailbox, plus what mail apps and web tools to use instead. People leaving the college who want to migrate email should consult the article on leaving Bowdoin instead.

Setting up a default email client

Instructions for setting the default email app on a Bowdoin-issued Mac (macOS) and Windows 11 PC so that email links open in the correct application, such as Microsoft Outlook.