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Outlook 2003

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1. Open Outlook and go to Tools > E-mail Accounts.

   

2. This will launch the new account wizard. Ensure that Add a new e-mail account is selected. Click Next.

   

3. Select either POP3 or IMAP. (What's the difference? POP is an older, light-weight protocol that is designed to hold your mail on the server until you check it, and then to delete it once you download the mail to your computer. IMAP is a newer, more interactive protocol that enables you to view your mail on the server from your computer. IMAP is ideal for people who use more than one computer to check their e-mail with a program like Outlook or Eudora. In this case it works best to configure both instances of Outlook to use IMAP.)

   

4. Input the following settings, where "username" is your Wesleyan e-mail user name:

   • Your Name: Firstname Lastname
   • E-mail Address: username@wesleyan.edu
   • Incoming Mail Server: username.mail.wesleyan.edu
   • Outgoing Mail Server: username.post.wesleyan.edu
   • Username: username

   

5. Click on More Settings, select the Outgoing Server tab, and check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Click OK, Next then Finish and you're done.

   

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