Introduction
This is documentation on how to configure Outlook 2003 to work with a UC Merced Information Technology deployed computer. The instructions below will guide you in the configuration process for a computer that has never used Outlook 2003. This is not documentation on how to install Outlook 2003.
Configure Outlook
- Go to Start
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Control Panel
- If your control panel is in Classic View Skip to Step 7.
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Click "User Accounts"
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Click On "Mail"
- Skip to Step 8.
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Click on "Mail"
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Click on "Email Accounts"
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Choose "Add a new e-mail account"
- Click Next
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Choose "Additional Server Types"
- Click Next
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Under Additional Server Types choose "Oracle Connector for Outlook"
- Click Next
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In the next screen you will need to specify these settings:
- Check "Calendar"
- Server name: calendar.ucmerced.edu
- User name: Your uid. For example, if your email address is myname@ucmerced.edu your uid would be "myname".
- Password: Your password
- Check "Incoming Email"
- Server name: mail2.ucmerced.edu
- User name: Your uid
- Password: Your password
- User Information - Display name: Your full name
- User Information - E-mail address: Your email address
- Check "Outgoing Mail"
- Server name: smtp.ucmerced.edu
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Click on "More Settings"
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Click on the "Incoming Mail" tab
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Select SSL
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Click on the "Outgoing Mail" tab
- In the Settings dropdown box choose Authentication.
- Check the box that says "The server requires authentication
- In the User Name box enter your uid.
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In the Password box enter your password.
- Under the Settings dropdown box choose E-mail.
- In the Organization box enter: UC Merced
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In the Reply E-mail box enter your email address.
- Click Apply
- Click Ok
- Click Finish
- Click Close
Now when you open up Outlook you should connect and begin to be able to send and receive emails.


