Configuring Outlook 2007 to check your OSU E-mail
To configure Outlook 2007 to check an OSU E-mail account:
- Startup Outlook. Select the Tools menu, and then choose Account Settings.
- Select the E-mail tab if it has not already been selected.
- Select "New...".
- Select "Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP" and click Next.
- At the bottom of this page, click on "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and click Next.
- Select "Internet E-mail" and click Next.
- 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.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish.
- In the "Account Settings" window, click Close.
- 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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