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Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2007

To set up Outlook 2007 for use with your ONID e-mail account, please take the following steps:

1. Set up Outlook 2007 to check your ONID e-mail
2. Configure Outlook 2007 to use the OSU Online Directory
3. Make directory.oregonstate.edu your default address book
4. Removing an account from Outlook 2007

Set up Outlook 2007 to check your ONID e-mail

1. Open Outlook 2007
2. Open the Tools menu and choose Account Settings.
3. Click on the E-mail tab and click New....
4. Check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types box and click Next.
5. Choose Internet E-mail and click Next.
6. Under the User Informationsection:
   • Enter your full name in the Your name: box
   • Enter your full ONID e-mail address (user(at)onid.orst.edu) in the E-mail Address: box
7. Under the Server Informationsection:
   • Change the Account Type dropdown menu to IMAP
   • Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.onid.oregonstate.edu
   • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.oregonstate.edu
8. Under the Logon Informationsection:
   • Enter your ONID username in the User name: box
   • Enter your email password in the Password: box

1. Click the More Settings... button.
2. Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
3. Check both the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" box and the "Use same settings as my incoming mail server box.

1. Click on the Advanced tab.
2. Under Incoming server (IMAP), select TLS from the Use the following type of encrypted connection drop-down list.
3. Under Outgoing server (SMTP), select TLS from the Use the following type of encrypted connection drop-down list.
4. If the port number under Outgoing server (SMTP) is set to 25, change this port number to 587
5. Click OK.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.

Configure Outlook 2007 to use the OSU Online Directory

1. Open Outlook 2007.
2. Open the Tools menu and choose Account Settings.
3. Click on the Address Books tab and click New....
4. Choose Internet Directory Service (LDAP) and click Next.
5. Type directory.oregonstate.edu in the Server Name: field.
6. Click the More Settings... button.
7. Click OK when warned that you must restart Outlook
8. Click the Search tab.
9. Under Search Base, choose Custom and type o=orst.edu in the field.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Next.
12. Click Finish.
13. Restart Outlook 2007.

To search for people, click on the Address Book icon at the top of your Outlook window, or click on the To... button while composing a message. Choose directory.oregonstate.edu from the Address Book drop-down list. Type the name of the person you would like to look up in the Search field.

To make directory.oregonstate.edu your default address book:

1. Click on the Address Book icon at the top of your Outlook window.
2. In the Address Book window, click on the Tools menu and choose Options....
3. Select directory.oregonstate.edu from the Show this address list first: drop-down list.
4. Under When sending mail, check names using these address lists in the following order: click on directory.oregonstate.edu and move it to the top of the list by clicking the Up Arrow button.
5. Click the OK button.

Removing an account from Outlook 2007

1. Click on the Start button
2. Go to Control Panel
3. Click on Mail
4. Click on Show Profiles
5. Select the account you want to remove
6. Click Remove