Configuring Your Email Account in Microsoft Outlook 2007

1.  Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. When the Startup Wizard displays, click Next.

     NOTE: If the Startup Wizard doesn't automatically display, select Account Settings from the Tools menu, and then click New.
               In the Add New E-mail Account dialog box, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, then click Next.

2. On the Account Configuration page, select “Yes” to indicate you want to configure an email account, and then click Next.

3. On the “Auto Account Setup” window enter your personal information.

At the bottom of the page, select “Manually configure server settings" or additional server types, and then click Next.

4. On the Choose E-mail Service page, select Internet E-mail, and then click Next.

5. On the Internet E-mail Settings page, enter your email account information as follows: Select IMAP or POP3 depending on your preferences.

*Note:

With the IMAP setting email is kept on server, there is no need to download all email when using another computer to check your email.

With the POP3 setting email you need to download all of your e-mail again when using another computer. May cause problems if you’re checking your e-mail from multiple locations

6.   In the “Incoming mail server" section, type andromeda.rutgers.edu for Andromeda mail or pegasus.rutgers.edu for Pegasus mail as your incoming mail server.

7.   In the “Outgoing mail server (SMTP) section, type andromeda.rutgers.edu for Andromeda mail server or Pegasus mail as your outgoing mail server
      Then enter your NetID, email address and your password.

8.   Select the “Remember Password” checkbox, and then click “More Settings.”

9. In the “Internet E-mail Settings” window, go to the “Outgoing Server tab.”
Check “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” and select “Use same settings as my incoming mail server.”

10. Go to the “Advanced” tab. Verify that you have 993 for your incoming server (IMAP) and 25 for your outgoing server (SMTP), and then click OK.

11. Click “Test Account Settings”. Microsoft Outlook will send itself a message to test your incoming and outgoing capabilities. Once this is complete, click Next.

12. Click Finish.