Microsoft Outlook 2016 Configuration (First-time setup)

• 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

Step 11: Click Outgoing Server tab:

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

Step 13: Click Close when the test is complete.

Step 14: Account has been added. Click Finish

Your Rice email account setup is complete.