How To Configure Outlook With UIC ID

Microsoft has released various email client programs and Outlook is one of them. This email client will help you add internet email accounts and then use the same to download emails to the computer. Now, if you have a UIC netID, then you can configure emails with it so that you can download the emails received on your UIC netID to your computer. Let us now go through the steps involved.

Steps Involved

• Go the desktop window and double click the icon for Microsoft Outlook. 
• When Outlook comes up, choose the option File and then select Account Settings. The Account Settings option might be present under the option Tools in some versions of Outlook. 
• In the window for Account Settings, select the option Mail. 
• Click the option Add in the window. 
• Mark the option Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP and select Next in the first window. 
• Check the box for Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next. 
• Choose Internet Email in the subsequent window and click the button Next. 
• Under the heading Login Information, enter your UIC netID. Keep in mind that you should not enter the part @uic.edu here. 
• Type the ACCC password in the field for password. 
• If you are using a personal computer, mark the option Remember password. 
• Leave the option for Secure Password Authentication (SPA) unchecked. 
• Select the button More Settings and click the tab Outgoing Server. 
• Under Outgoing Server, mark the option My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. 
• Choose Use same settings as my incoming mail server. 
• Go to the tab Advanced. Here, select SSL for the option, Use the following type of encryption connection: for your Incoming server. Once you choose SSL, the port number for Incoming Server will change to 993 from 110. However if you are using POP, the port number will be changed to 995. 
• For IMAP users, the port number is 587. 
• In the option for Use the following type of encryption connection, select TLS. 
• Choose the button OK. 
• Choose the button Test Account Settings to test the entered Outlook setting. 
• Select Next in the window for Add E-mail Account and then Finish completing the setup. 

With the above steps, you can configure Outlook with your UIC netID. For further assistance on Outlook setting or configuration, contact our technical support team.