ARCHIVED: At IU, in Outlook 2000, how do I read my Cyrus mail using IMAP?
To retrieve your email in Outlook 2000 using the IMAP protocol, you must run Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode, as the Corporate or Workgroup mode does not support IMAP.
If you need to keep Outlook 2000 in Corporate or Workgroup mode to access your IU Exchange account, and you also need to access an IMAP account, you can either upgrade to Outlook 2002 or 2003, which can support both an IMAP account and an Exchange account simultaneously, or use a separate mail client for your IMAP mail, such as Outlook Express.
Using the Internet Connection Wizard
Microsoft Outlook 2000 uses the Internet Connection Wizard to help you configure your email accounts. If you've never used Outlook 2000 for email, the Internet Connection Wizard should start the first time you launch Outlook. In this case you may skip to step 3 below. If you've already configured your account and wish to reconfigure or add another account (or if the Internet Connection Wizard fails to start), you will need to manually start the Internet Connection Wizard as follows:
- From the menu, select .
- Click , and then select to start the Internet Connection Wizard.
- You will first be prompted for your "Display name". Enter your full name, and then click .
- In the "Email address:" field, enter your Indiana University email
address and click
If you are unsure of your exact IU email address, see Your IU email address.
.
- For the incoming mail server type, select
imap.iu.edu
. Click . . For the
name of your incoming mail server, type -
In the "Outgoing" or "SMTP" server field, type:
mail-relay.iu.edu
- Type your username. If you wish the system to remember your password (recommended only for physically secure computers), enter your password. Otherwise, deselect . Leave unselected. Click .
- To the question "Which method do you want to use to connect to the
Internet?", select an option as follows:
- Choose if you wish to dial in automatically when you start Outlook 2000.
- Choose Ethernet connection. if your computer has a direct
- Choose if you usually connect to the Internet before you start Outlook 2000.
- Click SSL encryption is enabled. , then , and then . If you are prompted to download the folder list for the IMAP account, click , because you first need to make sure
- To enable SSL, from the menu, select . Select the account you just created.
- Click
Work Email
orMy IMAP Account
. , and then click the
tab. If you wish to give the account a different
name, under "Mail Account", enter a name such as - Click the tab, and under "Incoming server (IMAP):" and "Outgoing server (SMTP):" check . Be sure to check the box for each server.
- Click the tab, and under "Outgoing Mail Server", select .
- Click
Internet Accounts
dialog box, you will be asked if you wish to download folders from the mail server you just added. Click . , and then . When you close the
- You will be prompted for your password (if you did not select ).
- In the folder list in the left pane, you will see a set of Local Folders and a set of folders for each account you have set up. To read new mail for an account, click under the account name.
Don't save items to the Local Folder structure unless you want them saved only to the computer you are using at that time. Once you save an item to the Local Folder structure, the item is not accessible from the server or from other computers.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 13:27:08.