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E-mail Set Up for Outlook Express
These instructions can be used to set up Outlook Express to view your NMSU Microsoft Office
365 e-mail. By setting up Outlook Express for your NMSU e-mail, you can use Outlook Express to
view and send e-mail from your NMSU account instead of going through the NMSU website.
1. Open Outlook Express. Go to Tools and click on Accounts. In the Internet Accounts
window, go to the Mail tab and click Add. In the Add menu, click Mail.

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2. In the next window, type your full name in the Display name box. Then click Next. In the
Internet E-mail Address window, type your NMSU e-mail address in the E-mail address
box. Then click Next.
3. In the E-mail Server Names window, select IMAP from the incoming mail server drop
down menu. Type pod51000.outlook.com in the box labeled Incoming mail (POP3,
IMAP or HTTP) server. Type smtp.nmsu.edu in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box.
Now click Next.

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4. In the Internet Mail Logon window, type your NMSU e-mail address in the Account
Name box, and your NMSU password in the Password box. If you want Outlook Express
to remember your password, check the box labeled Remember password. Then click
Next. You will see a Congratulations window. Click Finish.

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5. You will now see your account listed in the Internet Accounts window. Click Properties.
In the Properties window, click the Servers tab. Under Outgoing Mail Server, check the
box labeled My server requires authentication. Then click Settings. Make sure that the
option Use same settings as my incoming mail server is checked and click OK.

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6. Now click the Advanced tab. Check the box labeled This server requires a secure
connection (SSL) under Outgoing mail (SMTP), and change the number to 587. Check
the box labeled This server requires a secure connection (SSL) under Incoming mail
(IMAP), and change the number to 993. Then click OK. In the Internet Accounts
window, click Close.
7. You will now see a window asking if you want to download folders from the mail server.
Click Yes.
*NOTE: The folder download may take several minutes.

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8. You will now see all the folders in your NMSU e-mail account. Click OK. You can view
your NMSU e-mail by clicking the Inbox under your new account in the left-hand task
bar.
If you have gone through these steps and your e-mail is not working correctly, try going through
the e-mail troubleshooting steps here:
http://ict.nmsu.edu/csc/DOCS/TroubleshootingNMSUEmail.pdf
If you have any questions, come by the ICT Customer Service Center and Help Desk in room 141
of the Computer Center, call 646-1840, or e-mail us at help@nmsu.edu.