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Set Up Outlook 2007 for CSULB E-mail

  1. In Outlook, select Tools -> Account Settings...
    On top menu bar, select Tools then Account Settings

  2. Click the New button to continue.
    Select the New... button

  3. Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP.
    Select the first option, Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP

  4. Click the checkbox that says Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
    Select check-box titled Manually configure server settings or additional server types

  5. Select Internet E-mail from the list and click Next.
    Select first option, Internet E-mail

  6. Next, fill in all the boxes correctly:
    •  Your Name:  First and Last Name
    •  E-mail Address:
    •  Account Type:  IMAP
    •  Incoming mail server: 
    •  Outgoing mail server: 
    •  User Name:  username
    •  Password:  password
    Note the following attributes for the individual campus email systems:

    Incoming mail server information (IMAP):

    For BeachMail:
    • Server Name: pod51008.outlook.com
    • Port: 993
    • Encryption Method: SSL
    • Username: (your BeachMail email address; firstname.lastname@student.csulb.edu)
    • Password: (your email password)
    For Webmail:
    • Server Name: imap.csulb.edu
    • Port: 143
    • Encryption Method: None
    • Username: (your Webmail username; jsmith, for example)
    • Password: (your email password)
    Outgoing mail server information (SMTP):

    For BeachMail:
    • Server Name: pod51008.outlook.com
    • Port: 587
    • Encryption Method: TLS
    • Username: (your BeachMail email address; firstname.lastname@student.csulb.edu)
    • Password: (your email password)
    For Webmail:
    • Server Name: smtp.csulb.edu
    • Port: 587
    • Encryption Method: TLS
    • Username: (your Webmail username; jsmith, for example)
    • Password: (your email password)
  7. When you're done, click More Settings...
  8. Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
    Select check-box title My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication

  9. Place a check mark in the box "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and make sure "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" is selected.
  10. Click on the Advanced tab and specify the Incoming Server port number, and the Outgoing Server port number. Click OK.
    specification of port numbers
    (Note: If using an encrypted IMAP connection for Webmail, use port 993. POP is an old protocol and is not supported by the University. However, if using POP, the port is 110.)
    specification of port numbers for encrypted IMAP for Webmail
  11. Finally, click on Finish and Outlook is set up to connect to the campus e-mail system.
    Click Finish to complete configuration

 

Configuring your Sent Items folder

If you wish to Configure your Sent Items folder (messages you send are saved to the server as well), continue with the following steps:

  1. Select Tools -> Account Settings...
    Tools Menu item, Account Settings
  2. Double-click on the account you created

    select the account you created
  3. Select Change E-mail Account
  4. Click More Settings
    Internet Email Settings page
  5. Select Internet E-mail Settings 
  6. Click the Folders tab
  7. Select the radio button called Choose an existing folder or create a new folder to save your sent items for this account in
    Folders tab
  8. Click the + (plus sign) next to your account to expand the folder list (you may have to wait a few moments).
  9. Select the Sent Items folder. Click OK.
    Folders tab

  10. Click Next
  11. Click Finish
  12. Click Close