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Staff Email - Outlook 2013/2016 setup

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  1. Launch Outlook.
  2. If Outlook has not been previously used, an Outlook Startup window will appear. If Outlook has been previously used, go to step 4.
  3. Click the Next button. Under E-mail Accounts, choose the Yes radio button. Go to step 7.
  4. Go to File> Account Settings
  5. Click on the E-mail tab.
  6. Click the New... button. The next screen is Auto Account Setup.
  7. In the Your Name: field, enter your name as you wish it appear on outgoing messages.
  8. In the E-mail address field, enter your full Exchange email address, e.g.joe.bloggs@sunderland.ac.uk
  9. In the Password: field, enter your password.
  10. In the Retype Password: field, enter your email password again.
  11. Click the Next button. The next screen is Online search for your server settings...
    • When Outlook connects to the server for the first time it will prompt you for your username and password at the autodiscover.sunderland.ac.uk dialog box.
    • In the User name: field, enter UNI\username, making sure to include UNI\ prior to your username
  12. In the Password: field, enter your password.
  13. Click the OK button. You will be returned to the Online search for your server settings screen.
  14. Enable the Manually configure server settings checkbox.
  15. Click the Next button. The next screen is Microsoft Exchange Settings.
  16. Click the More Settings button. The Microsoft Exchange option dialog will load.
  17. Click the Connection tab.
  18. Under Outlook Anywhere, ensure the Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP checkbox is enabled.
  19. Click the Exchange Proxy Settings button. The next screen is Microsoft Exchange Proxy Settings.
  20. In the Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange: field, enter outlook.sunderland.ac.uk
  21. Enable the Connect using SSL only checkbox is enabled.
  22. Ensure the On fast networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP and the On slow networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP checkboxes are enabled.
  23. Click the OK button.
  24. Click the Apply button. A dialog box will inform you that you must restart Outlook for these changes to take effect.
  25. Click the OK button.
  26. Click the Finish button. You will be presented with a User Name dialog box.
  27. In the Name: field, enter your real name.
  28. In the Initials: field, enter your initials.
  29. Click the OK button. The Privacy option screen will load.
  30. Click the OK button. Outlook will ask whether you want to synchronize your RSS feeds with the Windows common feed list. Click the Yes or No button, depending on your preference. Your Outlook data will begin to load.