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Outlook 2007 Configuration:

This article is intended for the first time user of Outlook 2007. For those who are setting up additional accounts go to our IMAP Client Configurations page.

1. Start Outlook
2. Select Yes and Next
3. Check Manually configure server settings or additional server types


4. Choose Internet Email





5. Enter User Information:
   Your Name: John Doe
   email address: joedx@jmu.edu
   Server Information:
   Account Type: IMAP
   Incoming Server: imap.jmu.edu
   Outgoing mail server: smtp.jmu.edu
   Login Information:
   Username: joedx
   Password: **************
   Check Remember Password
6. Click more settings
7. Enter Mail account name and reply email address
8. Click Outgoing server tab
9. Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
10. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server


11. Select advanced tab (IMAP port should be 993 with SSL and SMTP server should be 25 and use TLS)
12. Select OK
13. Verify Setting are correct
14. Select Next
15. Finish


16. Select outlook as default email client


17. Select No on RSS feeds box