How to Set Up IMAP Mail in Outlook Express/Outlook

Typically when running Outlook Express or Outlook for the first time, it will ask you several questions in setting up an account for email.  After filling in each screen, click Next for the next screen and Finish when you are done.  If it does not ask, you can create a new account by going to Tools, Accounts or Email Accounts.

Questions asked when setting up a new mail account:

Mail Server Type:  Select IMAP.
      IMAP keeps your email on the server.
      POP moves your email off the server to the pc that you are
using when you get your messages.

Full Name:  Your first and last name.
Email Address:  Your email address in lowercase characters.
Outgoing Mail Server:  If on campus, use ‘mail.kutztown.edu’. If off campus, you would use your Internet Service Provider's SMTP or outgoing mail server.
Incoming Mail Server:  For KU email, use ‘mail.kutztown.edu’.
User Name:  Your login name for your KU email in lowercase characters.
Your Email Password, if you want it saved.

In Outlook Express:

1. Click on Tools, Accounts.

2. Click on Add, then Mail.

3. Type your name, click Next.

4. Type your email address, click Next.

5. Select IMAP and type 'mail.kutztown.edu' for the Incoming mail server.
   For the Outgoing mail server: If on campus, use ‘mail.kutztown.edu’. If off campus, you would use your Internet Service Provider's SMTP or outgoing mail server.  Then click Next.

6. Type your email login (and password, if you want it saved), click Next, then Finish.

In Outlook:

1. Click on Tools, Email Accounts.

2. Select Add new email account. Click Next.

3. Select IMAP. Click Next.

4. Fill in your name, email address, email login (and password, if you want it saved), and mail servers ('mail.kutztown.edu' for the Incoming server;
   For the Outgoing mail server: If on campus, use ‘mail.kutztown.edu’. If off campus, you would use your Internet Service Provider's SMTP or outgoing mail server.). Click Next, then Finish.