Outlook 2007 Secure Email Setup

For all users

1. Open Outlook 2007. If the Account Creation Wizard opens, click Cancel and return to the main Outlook screen.

2. At the top of the Outlook screen, click Tools.

3. Select Account Settings.

4. Select the E-mail tab. Click New.

5. At the bottom of the Add New E-mail Account window, check the box labelled Manually configure server settings or additional server types. Click Next. 

6. Select Internet E-mail. Click Next.

7. In the Your Name field, enter your name.

8. In the E-mail Address field, enter your Duke email address in the format netid@duke.edu.

9. From the Account Type menu, select IMAP.

10. In the Incoming mail server field, enter imap.duke.edu.

11. In the Outgoing mail server field, enter smtp.duke.edu. 

12. In the User Name field, enter your Duke NetID. 

Configure your account to use SSL

13. Click More Settings. 

14. In the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the Advanced tab.

15. From the Use the following type of encrypted connection menu, select SSL.  The port number should change to 993.

16. If you are off campus, also select SSL for the outgoing server. In the Outgoing server field, change the number to 465. If you are on campus, leave the outgoing server set to None.

17. Click OK. Click Finish.