Set up Student Email on Outlook

1. Open Outlook for Mac.
2. Click Preferences link (command ,) located under Outlook menu.
3. Click Accounts.  
4. Select Exchange or Office365 
   OR if you have already have an email account in Outlook, click the dropdown arrow located next to the plus (+) sign in the bottom left of panel and select Exchange. See image below for steps 5-8.
5. Enter settings as shown below:
6. Email address: [email protected]
   User name: [email protected] (for example, [email protected])
   Password:  NetID Password
7. Check the box next to Configure automatically.
8. Click the Add Account button.
   
   
   When prompted ...do you want to allow this server to configure your settings:
   
   
9. Check the box next to Always use my response for this server then click the Allow button.

Your account should now be configured.

NOTE: If for some reason your account is unable to be configured automatically, enter information in step 6 as instructed above but uncheck the automatically configure check box.  You will be prompted for server address, follow steps below:

1. Enter outlook.office365.com in the Server field. See image below.
2. Click the Add Account button
   
   
   When prompted with ...do you want to allow this server to configure settings:
   
   
3. Check the box next to Always use my response for this server then click the Allow button.

Your account should now be configured. 

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click the File menu tab.
3. Click Add Account.
   
4. Enter fields as shown below:
   Your Name:  Bob Cat
   Email address: [email protected]
   User name: [email protected] (for example, [email protected])
   Password:  NetID Password
   
   Make sure the radio button next to Manual setup... is NOT selected.
   
   
5. Click the Next button.
   
   
   The Windows Security panel opens prompting for your password.
   
   
6. Replace the auto populated User name with: 
   User name: [email protected]
   Password:  NetID password
   Then click the OK button.
   

Your account should now be set up.

To manually set up account:

1. Click the radio button next to Manually setup... and then click the Next button.
   
2. Click radio button next to POP and IMAP and then click the Next button.
   
3. Enter fields as shown below:
   Your Name:  Bob Cat
   Email address: [email protected]
   Account type: IMAP
   Incoming Mail server: outlook.office365.com
   Outgoing SMTP server: smtp.office365.com
   User Name: [email protected] (example: [email protected])
   Password: NetID password
   
   
4. Click the More Settings button.
   
   
   The Internet E-mail Settings panel opens.
   
   
5. Click the Outgoing Server tab.
6. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and the radio button next to Use the same settings... as shown in image below.
   
7. Click the Advanced tab.
8. Enter the following under Server Port Numbers:
   Incoming server (IMAP): 993
   Use the following type of encryptied connection: SSL
   Outgoing server (SMTP): 587
   Use the following type of encrypted connection: Auto
9. Click the OK button.
   
10. Test Account Settings should start automatically.  If it doesn't, click the Test Account Settings button to verify info entered.
11. Click the Close button, then click Finish.
    
    If the test fails and account can not be set up, contact the UIT Service Desk for assistance.