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Configuring An IMAP Account In Outlook 2007

If you have an email account on Wharton's exchange server,, and are using Outlook 2007, you will probably want to configure an Exchange Server account so that you can take advantage of such advanced features as online calendaring and contacts.

However, if you are not interested in those features, you can configure your account using IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol).

Configuring an IMAP account in Outlook 2007 for Wharton

If you have never configured an email account in Outlook, the New Profile window will launch automatically. Type in a suitable name for your Wharton mail profile. Then follow the instructions below for Creating an Email Account.

If the New Profile window does not launch or you have already configured an email account in Outlook 2007, launch the Email Accounts wizard by selecting Account Settings from the Tools menu. Then, click New from the Email tab.

Creating an Email Account

• Once the Email Accounts wizard starts:
  • On the Choose E-mail Service screen, select IMAP and click Next.
  • On the Auto Account Setup screen, do not enter your personal information at this time. Instead, check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types box and click Next to continue.
  • Select Internet E-Mail and click Next.
  
  
• Configure your Internet Email Settings (IMAP) by entering the following:
  • In the User Information category:
    • Enter your name as you want it displayed in your emails in the Your Name field.
    • Enter your Wharton email address in the E-mail Address field. You can use your lifelong e-mail address (eg: joseph.wharton.wg81@wharton.upenn.edu) or the shorter address consisting of your username followed by @wharton.upenn.edu (eg: josephw@wharton.upenn.edu).
  
  
  • In the Server Information category:
    • Enter owa.wharton.upenn.edu in the Incoming mail server (IMAP) field.
    • In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter owa.wharton.upenn.edu.
  
  
  • In the Login Information category, enter your Wharton username and password. When you type your username, you will need to enter it in the following format: Wharton/username. If you are sure that you are the only person that will be accessing your computer system, you can leave the Remember password box checked.
  • Click the More Settings button (if your account is on the Key server you must follow the steps below).
    • Click the Advanced tab.
    • In the Incoming Server (IMAP) section, select SSL in the Use the following type of encrypted connection: box.
    • In the Outgoing Server(SMTP) section, select Auto in the Use the following type of encrypted connection: box.
    • Click on the Outgoing Server tab and put a check in the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
    • Click the OK button to close the Internet Email Settings box.
  • Click Next to continue.


• Click Finish on the final Congratulations screen. If necessary, click Close to close the Email Accounts window.

You should now be able to use Outlook for your Wharton e-mail.