# Thunderbird and MS Exchange

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbird-and-ms-exchange/428389>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbird-and-ms-exchange/428389 "2007-11-30T23:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbird-and-ms-exchange/428389/1 "2007-11-30T23:33:39Z")

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Does anyone know of a way to use Thunderbird (I assume it will require a plugin) to access mail on an MS Exchange server _without_ using either POP or IMAP? My company wants to turn those ports off and I will lose access unless I find a way to talk the Exchange protocol.

Thanks