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1. Open Microsoft Office Outlook 20102016.

2. Click on File.


3. Click the Account Settings button and choose Account Settings.

4.  Click New.

5. Click the radio button next to Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.

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  • In the Your Name field, enter your name.
  • In the E-mail Address field, enter your Rice e-mail address.
  • In the Account Type drop-down menu, select IMAP.
  • In the Incoming mail server field, enter imap.mail.rice.edu.
  • In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter smtp.mail.rice.edu.
  • In the User Name field, enter your netID. "netID" being your personally assigned Rice username.
  • In the Password field, enter your Rice password.
  • Make sure Remember Password is checked.
  • Make sure Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unchecked.
  • When you are sure everything is correct, click More Settings

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8. In the General tab:

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  • For both servers from the Use the following type of encrypted connection: drop-down menu, select SSL.
  • In the Incoming server (IMAP) field, enter 993.
  • In the Outgoing server (SMTP) field, enter 465.
  • In the Root Folder Path field, enter Mail (if the configuration does not work, try leaving this field blank instead). 
  • When finished, click OK.

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11. Click Next.

12. Click Close.

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