- Close Outlook (if already open)
- Establish a connection to the Internet
- From the
Start
menu, click
Control Panel
and then open
Mail
- Under Profiles, click the
Show Profiles
- Click the
Add and OK.
- A New Profile dialog box appears. Type in the profile name
Outlook Remote
and click
OK
- The first page of the email Accounts Wizard appears Add a new email account.
Select
Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click
Next.
- The second page of the eMail Accounts Wizard appears. Select the
Microsoft Exchange
option, click
Next
- The third page of the eMail Accounts Wizard appears, enter
EVS1.ac.nuigalway.ie
The
Use Cached Exchange Mode
box must be ticked. For User Name, type in your
staff ID number. The format for staff number is 7 digits followed by s (e.g. 0088888s shown below). Click the
More Settings
button
- After approx. 1 minute, a Microsoft Office Outlook error appears because you have not yet connected to the Exchange Server. Click
OK
- A Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box appears with your staff ID number listed in Mailbox (similar to that shown below). Click
OK
- A Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box appears. Ensure that the
When starting
option is set to
Automatically detect connection state
- Click the
Connection
tab to view the Connection settings. The
Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP
box must be ticked.
- Click the
Exchange Proxy Settings
button. The Exchange Proxy Settings dialog box appears.
Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange, type in
staffmail.nuigalway.ie
The
Connect using SSL only
box must be ticked.
The
On fast networks, connect to Exchange using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP
box must be ticked.
The
On slow networks, connect to Exchange using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP
box must be ticked.
The Proxy Authentication settings must be changed to
Basic Authentication.
Click
OK
-
At the Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box (shown below), click
Apply
and then click
OK
-
At the eMail Accounts wizard dialog box, click
Next
Click
Finish
-
Open Microsoft Outlook 2007. You will be prompted to choose a profile. Ensure that the Profile Name is
Outlook Remote
and click
OK
-
If the User name does not appear in the correct format, type it in e.g.
uds/0888888s
Enter in your
Campus Account password. Click
OK
-
Outlook will setup a local copy of your mailbox. This may take several minutes, depending on the speed of your data connection to the Internet. When complete, you will see your Inbox and mail folders in Outlook