Connecting to Outlook Live with Windows Live Mail (IMAP)

STEP 1:

Open up Windows Live Mail, and Click on the button "Windows Live Mail" which is located on the left hand side of the scree.

Open Windows Live, and Click Add and email account

STEP 2:

When the "Add an E-mail Account" windows open you will want to enter University Email Address which should be in the format of "bat0900@byui.edu". You will then enter in your University password. You will also enter in your Full name. Once you have done this you will hit the "Next >" button.

Hit the Add Account... Button

STEP 3:

In this window you will want to select IMAP as your "Incoming Mail server". The Incoming server name will be "outlook.com". You will then check the Box, "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)." This will change the Port to 993, verify that this happened. You will then need to enter in your Login ID which will be your University Email address. You will then enter your Outgoing Server information. The outgoing server is different for everyone to find out what you Outgoing Server is click here and follow the directions. Once you have the Server name enter it in and then Check the Box "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)". You port number shold stay 25 just make sure that it still is (If port 25 is blocked by a firewall, try 587). Once your done click the "Next >" button.

“If you are on campus you may use mail.byui.edu to send email. If you are off campus you must use another mail server to send mail. BYUI currently does not support an outgoing mail server that is available both on and off campus.”

Select Email account

STEP 4:

You will then be informed that you have finished the setup click the "Finish" button.

Enter your Full name and University Email address

STEP 5:

You will then be asked which folders you want to show to do this you will select the folder you want to show and, click the button "Show" on each one. Once your done selecting which folders you want to see hit the "OK" button.

Select IMAP and then enter outlook.com and your outgoing server name.

STEP 6:

Your Email should then begin to download, you will want to select you account and verify that all your emails have downloaded for each of your folders that you selected to show.

If you require additional help Microsoft has some more resources which can be found here.

Enter your Email address as the usersnames