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Setting up Webmail Plus Using Outlook Express

Outlook Express is an email application that supports IMAP. It may be set up to access your Webmail Plus account, however to fully utilize the collaborative features of Webmail Plus, you should use the Webmail Plus Web interface. Updates to Outlook Express, or Webmail Plus could cause functionality problems which may or may not be resolved quickly.

  1. Start Outlook Express.

  2. If the Outlook Setup Wizard starts, go to step 5.

  3. Click the Tools menu and select Accounts.

    select Accounts

  4. On the Mail tab, click Add, then Mail.

    click Add then Mail

  5. The Internet Connection Wizard is now open.

  6. Enter your full name and click Next.

    enter your full name

  7. Select I already have an email address..., enter your full wmich.edu email address and click Next

    enter your e-mail address

  8. For email Server Names:

    My Incoming mail server is a must be set to IMAP
    Incoming mail server, enter imap.wmich.edu
    Outgoing mail server, enter smtp.wmich.edu
    Click Next

    E-mail server names


  9. For Internet Mail Logon, enter your Bronco NetID.
    Enter your password if you would like Outlook to remember it for you.
    Click Next when finished.

    enter your Bronco NetID

  10. Click Finish on the Congratulations screen to return to the Internet Accounts window.

  11. In the Internet Accounts window, select your mail account and then click the Properties button.

    select your mail account

  12. In the Properties window, click the Servers tab and put a check in the My server requires authentication box.

    click servers tab

  13. Click the Settings button and in the Outgoing Mail Server window, select Use same settings as my incoming mail server. Click OK to return to the Properties window.

    click settings button

  14. In the Properties window, click the Advanced tab and put a check in the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) box and change the port number for Outgoing mail to 465.

    Put a check in the This server requires a secure connection box. Click OK to return to the Internet Accounts window. Then, click Close.

    change port number to 465


  15. If Outlook Express asks if you would like to download folders from the mail server you added, click Yes.

    click Yes

  16. Outlook Express will take a moment to download your folders. When it has finished, click OK on the Show/Hide IMAP folders window.

  17. You have successfully configured Outlook Express to check your WMU Webmail Plus account. To check for new messages, click Send/Receive on the Outlook Express tool bar.

    click send/receive