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Setting up an IMAP connection in Outlook Express:
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1. Open Outlook Express.
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2. If the 'Outlook Express' dialog box appears, stating that Outlook Express is not your default mail client, do one of the following:
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- To make Outlook Express the default mail client, click 'Yes'.
- To leave the current mail client the default one, click 'No'.
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3. Select the 'Tools' menu and select 'Accounts...'. (The 'Internet Accounts' dialog box appears.)
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4. Click the 'Mail' tab.
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5. # Click 'Add', and select 'Mail...'. (A wizard appears.)
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6. In the 'Display name' box, type your name, and click 'Next'.
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7. In the 'E-mail address' box, type your e-mail address, and click 'Next'.
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8. In the 'My incoming mail server is a' drop-down list box, select 'IMAP'.
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9. In the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server' box, type mail.okstate.edu
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10. In the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server' box, type smtp.okstate.edu, click 'Next'.
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11. In the 'Account name' box, type your first.last@okstate.edu email address.
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12. In the 'Password' box, type your account password.
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13. (Optional) If you would like to type your account user name and password every time you check your mail, clear the 'Remember password' check box.
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14. Click 'Next', and click 'Finish'. (The 'Internet Accounts' dialog box reappears.)
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15. Highlight the mail account you have just created and click 'Properties'.
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16. The properties window appears, click the 'Servers Tab'. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, put a check mark in the box labeled ‘My server requires authentication’. Click the Settings button and confirm that the "Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected.
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17. Click ‘OK’
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18. Click ‘Close’ on the internet accounts window.
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19. When you are prompted to download the existing message folders from the mail server, click 'Yes'.
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20. Click 'OK' on the Show/Hide IMAP folders window, your OSU E-Mail account setup is now complete. Then either restart Outlook Express or select the Send/Receive button to have the e-mail delivered from the server. If you are unable to use the SMTP server and are using Cox for your internet service provider, please see this page
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