Microsoft Outlook 2010settings to access your MIS emails
Follow these instructions to allow you to access your MIS emails through Microsoft Outlook 2010.
Open Microsoft Outlook 2010.
1. Select the File tab in the menu bar, then Info.
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2. Select the Account Settings button.
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3. Then select Account Settings…
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The Account Settings dialogue box will appear.
4. Select the E-mail tab, then the New … button.
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The Add New Account dialogue box will appear.
5. Select the E-mail Account option, then the Next>
button.
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6. On the Auto Account Setup screen, select
Manually configure server settings or additional
server types, then Next>.
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7. Choose the first option, Internet E-mail, then
Next >
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8. On the Internet E-mail Settings screen, enter the
following information.
a. User Information: Enter your name and MIS
email address.
b. Server Information
Account Type: Enter POP3.
Incoming mail server: Enter pop.eq.edu.au.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP):Enter
smtp.eq.edu.au.
POP (Port 995) is the recommended option. It
automatically removes old mail off the server, meaning
your email quota won’t be exceeded.
c. Logon Information: Enteryour MIS username
and MIS password. Tick the box Remember
password.
d. Test Account Settings:Tick the box Test
Account Setting by clicking the Next button.
e. Deliver new messages to: Select New Outlook
Data File.
Select the “More Settings” button.
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9. Update the “General” TAB to “EQ WebMail”
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10. In the “Outgoing Server” tab:
o Tick “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires
authentication, and
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“Use same settings as my incoming mail
server”
Then select the ‘Advanced’ tab.
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11. Under the Advanced tab:
- Tick ‘This server requires an encrypted
connection (SSL)’ for the Incoming Server
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Change the Incoming Server port number to
995
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From the dropdown box, choose an SSL
connection for the Outgoing Server
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Change the Outgoing Server port to 465
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Under ‘Delivery’, ensure ‘Leave a copy of
messages on the server’ is ticked, as well as
ensuring ‘Remove from server after [ ] days’ is
set to 7
Click OK
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Click test account settings
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Your account settings will be tested and a test
email sent to your webmail account. Once this
occurs, you will see a green tick next to the tasks
Log onto income mail server (POP3) and Send
test e-mail message.
Then, select the Close button.
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A congratulations screen will appear, indicating
the setup is complete. Select the Finish button.