Exchange Email Configuration on Outlook Express PLEASE CHECK THIS SECTION FOR TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS

Where do we add accounts? To add or edit accounts to Outlook Express, go to the ‘Tools’ menu and choose the ‘Accounts’ option. This will bring up the ‘Internet Accounts’ window.

Adding an account To add an account click on the ‘Add’ button.

Creating an e-mail account Under ‘Display Name’ enter the name that you want displayed in the ‘From’ field when you send an email to someone.

Creating a new account Enter the email address on the account in the ‘Email address’ field.

Creating a new account OU’s incoming mail server is an ‘IMAP’ server. The incoming mail address is ‘mailx.oulan.ou.edu’ where x is 1,3, or 4 The outgoing SMTP server is ‘smtp.ou.edu’

Creating a new email account The Account Name is the user’s domain, username and mailbox* The Exchange email system uses the user’s Domain password. *for sooner domain this looks like: sooner\corc2400\corc2400 *for athletic domain this looks like: athletic\ccorcoran\corc2400 – athletic sets up their

Creating a new email account You will then be given the usual Microsoft pleasantries stating that the account is created. Hit the ‘Finish’ button and you are ready to go.

Finishing up Hit the ‘Close’ Button. You will then see the window shown alongside. Click ‘Yes’ to synchronize your exchange mail folders with Outlook Express.

Synchronizing IMAP folders Choose the folders you wish to make visible and click the ‘Show’ button. Then click ‘OK’