- Once you have installed the certificate, click Tools from the Outlook menu bar, and then click E-mail Accounts.
- If you want to change the type of account you're using, for example you have a POP account and need to use an IMAP account, you'll need to add a new account. If you simply need to change information associated with an existing account, such as port numbers or your password, you can select the option to view or change an account
These instructions will not address setting the directory information. If
you need help with that option, call the Help Desk.
- Click to select the desired option, to add a new e-mail account or change an existing account, and then click Next.
- If you selected the option to change an existing account, the following screen will be displayed. Click to select the email account you want to change and then click Change. If you get to this screen and decide you want to add a new account, click the Add button.
- Click to select the desired server type, IMAP or POP, and then click Next.
- Fill out the displayed form with your name, email address, etc. Be sure to specify the IMAP or POP and SMTP server names as shown under Server Information below. If you're setting up a POP account, type pop.humboldt.edu in the Incoming mail server box.
If you want this computer to remember your email password, check the box labeled Remember Password that appears beneath the Logon Information. If other people use the computer you're working on, it's more secure without this option selected.
Click More Settings to display the E-Mail Settings screen. There are four tab sections that you'll need to fill out.
- In the Mail Account box under the General tab, you can enter a name for your email account. This name doesn't change your HSU email account, it only changes how Outlook refers to that account.
Add an Organization if you want that additional identifying information included with every email you send. Add a Reply E-mail address if you want replies sent to an address other than your HSU address.
If you are off campus, click the Outgoing Server tab. Click the box indicating that the SMTP server requires authentication. User authentication helps to keep server access secure. On-campus users skip to the Connection tab.
- Click the Connection tab to specify the type of email connection you will be using.
If you are on campus or on another Local Area Network that is connected to the Internet, select the first connection option, LAN.
If you have a dial-up modem and you want Outlook to dial the connection, select the second option to use your phone line. You will then be prompted for the modem setup information.
If you normally dial-up, but have some other program do the dialing, select the third option to use a 3rd party dialer.
- Click the Advanced tab to enter the appropriate Server Port Numbers; a critical step in the set up process. Depending on whether you are creating a POP or an IMAP acocunt, change the ports as follows:
For IMAP accounts: Change the Incoming server (IMAP) to 993.
For POP accounts: Change the Incoming server (POP) to 995.
For BOTH IMAP and POP accounts, click to check the box beneath the Incoming Server indicating that the server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
For BOTH IMAP and POP accounts, change the Outgoing server (SMTP) to 587.
- When you are through with all the E-Mail Settings tabs, click OK to re-display the User Information/Server Settings screen. From there, click Next and then click Finish from the E-mail Accounts screen to complete the setup process.