Skip to main content
When you connect a mailbox, BuildVision checks it every few minutes and picks up new bid invitations without anyone forwarding anything.
BuildVision connects to Microsoft 365 and Outlook today. We’re looking at direct connections for the other major providers. If you’re on something else, tell us at support@buildvision.io and in the meantime use forwarding.

Connect your own inbox

1

Open Email Settings

Select your name in the sidebar, then Email Settings.
2

Connect

Choose to connect your email account and sign in to Microsoft. BuildVision asks only for the access it needs to read the mail it processes.
3

Confirm

Email Settings shows Connected with the address you connected.

Connect a shared mailbox

Most bid desks work out of a shared mailbox rather than a person’s own inbox, so BuildVision can read one on your behalf.
1

Connect your own account first

A shared mailbox is read through your account’s access to it, so start with the steps above.
2

Set the target mailbox

In Email Settings, set the shared mailbox address on your connection. BuildVision then reads that mailbox instead of your own.
Shared mailboxes are supported on Microsoft only. You need permission to the shared mailbox in Microsoft 365 before BuildVision can read it. If you don’t have it, your Microsoft administrator grants it the usual way.

If the connection stops

Email Settings shows Session expired when Microsoft stops accepting the connection, which usually follows a password change or a policy change on your account. Reconnect from the same screen.

Disconnect

Open Email Settings and disconnect. BuildVision stops reading the mailbox immediately. Projects already created stay where they are.