Microsoft Outlook XP & 2003 Configuration Settings

1. Problem:
   

   How to:
   Set up Outlook to recieve mail through the Physics and Astronomy departmental mail server and send mail through either the MSU Mail (mail.msu.edu) or the departmental server/kepler (mail.pa.msu.edu).

2. Solution:
   

   The following instructions are to set up Microsoft Outlook XP or 2003 to receive IMAP mail from our departmental mail server and send mail from either the University's outgoing mail server or our departmental server. Users who travel a lot or are configuring their client for home use may wish to set their outgoing mail server to MSU Mail, whereas it is convenient for users on campus or at select remote locations (such as Fermi Lab) to use the departmental outgoing servers.

   To add a new account
   
   1. Open Outlook
   2. In the menu bar, click Tools -> E-Mail Accounts
      
   3. Under the E-Mail heading, choose to Add a new e-mail account. Click Next in the lower right hand corner of this window.
      
   4. Choose IMAP from the choices listed in Server Type menu. Click Next in the lower right hand corner of this window.
      
   5. On the "Internet E-mail Settings" page, fill in the fields Your Name and E-Mail Address(user@pa.msu.edu) and the User Name field will automatically be filled in.
   6. In the Incoming mail server (IMAP) field, type "mail.pa.msu.edu"
   7. In the Password field, type the password you use to log in to the departmental (Kepler or Faraday) mail server.
      
   
   
   
   Outgoing Mail: Departmental Mail Server (Mail.pa.msu.edu)
   
   
   1. In the Outgoing mail server (STMP) field, type "mail.pa.msu.edu"
   2. Click the More Settings... button.
   3. Under the Advanced tab, enter mail/ in the "Root folder path" field and click ok.
   4. Lastly, click Next in the lower right hand corner of this window and and again on the Finish button.
      
   
   

   Outgoing Mail: mail.msu.edu Mail Server

   
   
   1. In the Outgoing mail server (STMP) field, type "mail.msu.edu"
   2. Click the More Settings... button in the lower right hand corner, and then see the tabs at the top of the new window and click the Outgoing Server tab.
   3. Click the first checkbox in this tab, labeled: My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
   4. Back in the tabs bar, click the last one which will read Advanced and check the checkbox under Outgoing server (SMTP) that reads This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
   5. Next, change the Outgoing server (SMTP) field to 465.
      
   6. Click the OK button in the lower right hand corner.
   7. Lastly, click Next in the lower right hand corner of this window and and again on the Finish button.
      

   Other Useful Information

   If you are using mail.msu.edu as your outgoing mail server, please check the compatibility at http://help.msu.edu/mail/
   Remember: Verify that the entry you reference is the correct e-mail client, operating system and of the IMAP type.

   
   

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   Last updated on 2007.06.12 by Andrea Pollitt