Setting Up Outlook

These instructions will help you set up your e-mail on a school computer.  Click here to get your e-mail at home.

When you are setting up Outlook, these two things are very important.  These messages can appear at any time:

• If you are asked to upgrade from Outlook Express, select "Do Not Upgrade".
• If Outlook says it has detected an existing account and asks if you want to import it, select "No".

To set up your e-mail in Outlook:

1. Double-click on the Microsoft Outlook icon on the desktop.
2. The next step varies depending on your computer:
   1. If you see the Outlook 2007 or 2010 startup wizard, all you need to do is click "next" several times and then click Finish.  You may skip the rest of these instructions.
   2. If you see the Outlook 2002 or 2003 startup wizard, proceed with step 3.
   3. If you do not see the Outlook Startup wizard at all, and your e-mail is not working correctly, you'll need to set it up again from scratch.  See "How to reset Outlook" for instructions.
3. Click "Next".
4. The wizard asks if you want to configure an e-mail account.  Select "Yes".
5. Click "Next".
6. The wizard asks for the type of account.  Select "Microsoft Exchange Server".
7. Click "Next".
8. In the "Microsoft Exchange Server" box, type:  mail
9. In the "User Name" box, type your username.
10. Click the "Check Name" button.
11. The name of the Exchange Server and your username should now be underlined.  If you get an error message, make sure you typed everything correctly.
12. Click the "Next" button.
13. Click the "Finish" button.

That's it!  Your e-mail is all set up.  It may take a few minutes for Outlook to download all your messages from the server.

Outlook is all set up.

If you ran into any problems, and your e-mail is not working correctly, you'll need to set it up again from scratch.  See "How to reset Outlook" for instructions.

Updated: 9/30/2010 by Philip McNaull
Originally written:  1/12/2004 by Philip McNaull