To configure Microsoft Outlook 2003:

1. Start Outlook
2. From the "Tools" menu, select "E-mail Accounts"
3. Click the "Add a new e-mail account" button and click "Next >"
4. Select "IMAP" and click "Next >"
5. In the "User Information" section, enter your name and email address
6. In the "Server Information" section, enter your Incoming mail server as "pop.uoregon.edu" or "imap.uoregon.edu" depending on what you chose in step #4
7. Enter "smtp.uoregon.edu" as the Outgoing mail server
8. In the "Logon Information" section, enter your username (the portion of your email address to the left of the @ sign)
9. Click the "More Settings..." button
10. Click the "Advanced" tab
11. Under "Incoming server", click the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" check box
12. Under "Server Timeouts" move the slider to the right so that the timeout is between 2 and 3 minutes
13. Click the "OK" button
14. Click the "Next >" button
15. Click the "Finish" button

How to enable SMTP Authentication

1. Start Outlook
2. From the "Tools" menu, select "E-mail Accounts"
3. Make sure the button for "View or change existing e-mail accounts" is selected and click Next.
4. Select your account and click "Change..."
5. Click the "More Settings..." button
6. Click the check box for "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
7. Click the "Log on using" button
8. In the User Name box, enter the first part of your UOregon email address
9. Click the Advanced tab
10. Under the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" section, click the check box for "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)".
11. In the box to the right of "Outgoing server (SMTP)" change the number there to 587.
12. Click OK
13. Click Next
14. Click Finish

Outlook will now log you in when you attempt to send mail.

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