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UTORforum Configuration: Outlook98 for Windows95

Before beginning this configuration process, please be sure that you know your UTORmail configuration number and your UTORid. If you are unsure of this information, you can look it up using a web browser at this URL: http://www.mail.utoronto.ca/mboxinfo.html.

It may also be helpful to print these instructions before starting.

  1. Start Outlook98.
  2. Under the Tools menu, choose Accounts....
  3. Click the Add button and choose Mail... from the drop down menu - this action will start the MicroSoft Internet Connection Wizard. Each of the following steps names a Wizard dialog box and action to take. * Your Name - In the Display Name field, type your full name. Click Next.
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    Internet E-mail Address - In the E-mail Address field, type your UTORmail e-mail address if not already displayed. For example: terry.lee@utoronto.ca. Click Next.
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    E-mail Server Names - Choose IMAP from the drop down menu. (If POP3 is left as the default, shared folders will not work.) In the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server, type forumX.utcc.utoronto.ca where X is the configuration number assigned to you when you opened your UTORmail account. For example, if your configuration number is 100, the entry would be forum100.utcc.utoronto.ca. Finally, in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field, type postofficeX.utcc.utoronto.ca again substituting the X for your configuration number. Click Next.
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    Internet Mail Logon - By default, the option Log on Using should be chosen and the first part of your UTORmail address should appear in the IMAP account name field. Delete the UTORmail name and type your UTORid. In the Password: field, type your UTORmail password. Click Next.
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    Friendly Name - By default, the Internet address of your incoming mail server (i.e. forumX.utcc.utoronto.ca) will appear in the Internet mail account name field. You can accept this default or choose an alternate name such as UTORforum. Click Next.
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    Choose Connection Type - Click on the appropriate choice for your environment. Click Next.
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    Congratulations - Click Finish.
    * Outlook Express will prompt you with a question: "Would you like to download the folder list for the IMAP account you just created?" Click
    No - there are a couple more things to do.
  4. The Internet Accounts window should still be open. Locate UTORforum in the list of Mail accounts. Click the Properties button. Click the Advanced tab. In the Folders subsection, the Only show subscribed folders is selected. Deselect this option by clicking once on the checkmark - the checkmark should disappear. Click Apply, then OK.
    (The error message that will appear if this option is not deselected: "Unable to display the folder. This is the root of an IMAP store. the root does not contain messages but may have subfolders that do. To see messages, display the folder list, and the click the subfolder.")
  5. Click the Close button on the Internet Accounts window.
  6. To view shared folders, locate the UTORforum icon in the list of servers and folders to your left. Double click UTORforum. The message "No folders have been downloaded for this IMAP account. Would you like to refresh the folder list?" will appear. Click Yes.
  7. The shared folder(s) will appear in the panel to your right. Double click on a folder icon to view messages.

 

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