Microsoft Outlook 2016 Configuration (First-time setup)

This document describes how to setup Microsoft Outlook to access your email. You will need:

Current Rice email account
Microsoft Outlook application
Internet connection

First-time Setup

Step 1: Launch Microsoft Outlook 2016

Step 2: Click Next

Step 3: Select Yes, then click Next

Step 4: Select Manually setup or additional server types
Step 5: Click Next

Step 6: Select POP or IMAP
Step 7: Click Next

Step 8: Enter the following information

Your Name field, enter your name
Email Address field, enter your Rice email address
Account Type drop-down menu, select: IMAP
Incoming mail server field, enter: imap.mail.rice.edu
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter: smtp.mail.rice.edu
User Name field, enter your NetID
Password field, enter your NetID password
Make sure Remember Password is checked
Make sure Require login using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unchecked

Step 9: More Settings

Step 10: In the General tab:

In the Mail Account Name field, enter Rice Mail
In the Organization field, enter Rice University
In the Reply Email field, enter your Rice email address

Internet email settings

Step 11: Click Outgoing Server tab:

Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server

Outgoing server

Step 12: Click the Advanced tab

For both server settings, Use the following type of encrypted connection, drop-down menu, select SSL.
Incoming server (IMAP) field, enter 993
Outgoing server (SMTP) field, enter 465
Click OK
The Settings window will close, click Next to proceed

Advanced

Step 13: Click Close when the test is complete.

Test account settings and close

Step 14: Account has been added. Click Finish

Your Rice email account setup is complete.