ARCHIVED: At IU, in Mac OS X, how do I configure Entourage 2008 to read my Cyrus or IU Exchange mail using IMAP?
Note: Office 2008 requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later. UITS does not recommend any version of Office older than 2004, or any version of Mac OS older than 10.4.11.
In Mac OS X, you can configure Entourage 2008 to read your Cyrus or IU Exchange mail at Indiana University using IMAP. However, UITS recommends that you do not use IMAP to connect to your IU Exchange account, as that will limit the functionality of Entourage.
Note: If you have never run Entourage before, a Setup Assistant will appear when you first launch the program. However, since these instructions explain how to set up your account manually, close that window if you see it.
- Launch Entourage. From the menu, select .
- In the
Accounts
window that appears, click the tab, and then click . If theAccount Setup Assistant
window appears, at the bottom of the window, click . - In the
New Account
window that opens, from the pull-down menu next to "Account type:", select . Click . - In the
Edit Account
window, click the tab. - In the "Account name:" field, enter a name for your account. This
can be any name you wish; for example, at IU, you could use
Cyrus
orExchange
. - Check .
- In the "Name:" field, enter the name you want to appear in the "From:" headers of email messages you send. Normally, this should be your real name.
- Enter your email address in the appropriate field.
If you are unsure of your exact IU email address, see Your IU email address.
- In the "Account ID:" field, enter your email username (e.g.,
dvader
). - In the appropriate field, enter the hostname of your IMAP server:
To access your Exchange account, enter
imap.exchange.iu.edu
.
- If you are the only person who has access to your computer, you may want Entourage to save your password. Check or . Then, enter your password in the "Password:" or "Save password:" field.
- Select . A window will appear with several additional mail reception settings. Check . Then, close this window.
- You will be in the
Edit account
window.In the "Outgoing" or "SMTP" server field, type:
mail-relay.iu.edu
- Select
- Check .
- If you experience difficulty sending mail on port 25, check and change the number from 25 to 465 or 587.
- Check , and then select .
- In the field under "Domain for unqualified addresses", you can
optionally type a default domain. For example, specifying
indiana.edu
would allow you to send mail to most users at IU Bloomington by using just their usernames.
Click the square in the upper left corner of the pop-up window to close it.
, and a small
preference window will pop up. Set the following:
- Under the and tabs, you can change a few additional settings, but they are usually not required to access your IMAP mail. Click .
- Back in the
Accounts
window, if you have more than one account set up, click the one that you use most often, and then click .
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 14:00:23.