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Configuring Outlook 2007 to check your OSU E-mail





To configure Outlook 2007 to check an OSU E-mail account:
  1. Startup Outlook. Select the Tools menu, and then choose Account Settings.
  2. Select the E-mail tab if it has not already been selected.
  3. Select "New...".
  4. Select "Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP" and click Next.
  5. At the bottom of this page, click on "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and click Next.
  6. Select "Internet E-mail" and click Next.
  7. Fill in the fields as follows:

    • "Your Name:" - Your name as you would like it to appear on your outgoing messages.
    • "E-mail Address:" - Your OSU e-mail address: lastname.#@osu.edu
    • Account Type: - "POP3"
    • "Incoming Mail Server (POP3)" - pop.service.ohio-state.edu
    • "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)"*** - smtp.service.ohio-state.edu

      ***NOTE: If you do not connect to the internet through OSU, you will need to use your ISP's outgoing mail server. Resnet's SMTP server is smtp.resnet.ohio-state.edu. See the following page for details: http://oit.osu.edu/networking/openrelay/

    • "User Name" - Your OSU Internet Username: typically lastname.# (all lowercase)
    • "Password" - Your OSU e-mail password. Enter this and check the box for "Remember Password" if you would like Outlook to save your password.
    • Be certain that "Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)" is not checked.

  8. Click Next.
  9. Click Finish.
  10. In the "Account Settings" window, click Close.
  11. To check your OSU E-mail, click on the Send/Receive button in the toolbar.


Current Record: 3518

Create Date: 09-26-2007
Last Reviewed: 09-26-2007


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