Setup for MS Outlook Express

To setup Outlook Express you will need to:

1. Open Outlook Express (Click the Start menu, click Programs, click on Outlook Express)
2. Open the Tools menu and choose Accounts...
3. Click the Add button and select Mail...
4. Enter your full name as you would like it to be displayed on messages you send.
   
   
   
   
5. Enter your E-mail address, likely of the form FirstName.LastName@oregonstate.edu. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
6. Select the type of incoming Mail server. Select IMAP from the pulldown menu.
7. The Incoming mail server (IMAP) name is thuja.forestry.oregonstate.edu
8. Type in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) name; exmail.oregonstate.edu, then click Next.
   
   
   
   
9. For the Account name - use forestry\ (backslash) before your login ID - forestry\YourLoginName.
10. Enter your Password.
11. Check Remember Password. Click Next.
    
    
    
    
12. Click Finish.
    
    
    
    
13. Now you need to add the Directory Service to check addresses against the campus e-mail directory
    Click the Add button and select Directory Service...
    
    
    
    
14. Enter directory.oregonstate.edu as the Internet directory (LDAP) server. Click Next.
    
    
    
    
15. Make sure Yes is checked. Click Next.
    
    
    
    
16. Click Finish.
    
    
    
    
17. Select directory.oregonstate.edu in your Internet Accounts List window and click the Properties button to the right.
    
    
    
    
18. Under the Properties window, select the Advanced tab.
    
19. Click in the Search Base textbox and type in: o=orst.edu
    
    
    
    
20. Click the OK Button.
    
21. Close the Internet Accounts window.
    
22. Click on thuja.forestry.oregonstate.edu in your Folder List window.
    
23. Click Yes in response to the download folders prompt.
    
    
    
    
24. Click Yes in response to the view folder list prompt.
    
    
    
    
25. Click OK to select your Inbox, Sent Items, and Drafts as the folders you would like to Show.
    
    
    
    
26. For each of the folders now listed on the right, Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts
    
    • Click on the folder to select it
    • Click the Settings dropdown
    • Select Headers Only
    
    Making this setting change helps response time. Only the headers will be downloaded by default. At the time you select a message to view, then the entire message will be downloaded. (Rather than ALL of your messages being downloaded in their entirety by default every time you check your mail.)
    
    
    
    
27. Right-click on thuja.forestry.oregonstate.edu in your Folder List window
    and choose Properties.
28. Select the Servers tab.
29. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, check the box indicating My server requires authentication.
30. Click Settings.
    
    
    
    
31. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
32. Click OK.
    
    
    
    
33. Select the Advanced tab.
34. Check the box indicating This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
35. Click OK.
    
    
    
    
36. The installation in now complete.