How To Setup Secure Email In Outlook

If you are an Outlook email client user, you may have to set up secure email messages in the Outlook program. If you do not know the steps to setup email in Outlook, you need not worry. This article discusses in detail the steps to setup email in Outlook program. You can follow the steps discussed below in this article to complete the setup easily and efficiently.

Instructions

• Turn on your PC and wait until it boots completely. After the computer has loaded completely, open the Microsoft Outlook program. This can be done by double clicking on the Outlook icon or selecting Outlook from the All Programs list. 
• In the Outlook window, select Tools and then go to Email Accounts. 
• You may then select the Add new email account radio button. 
• Click on the Next button. 
• As the next step, select POP3 radio button and then click on the Next button. 
• Type in the following account information, 

Your Name: your name as you need it to appear in the From field of the email messages that you send.

Email Address: youraddress@stanford.edu

Account Type: POP3

Incoming mail server: null

Outgoing mail server: smtp-secure.stanford.edu

User Name: your SUNet ID

Password: leave this field blank

Uncheck Require Secure Password Authentication (SPA)

• Click on More Settings. Doing this will open the Internet E-mail Settings window. 
• In the General tab, type in a Mail Account name that you will be able to identify easily, like Stanford Secure Email. 
• In the Outgoing Server tab, type in the following account information, 

Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox.

Select the Log on radio button.

User Name: your SUNet ID

Password: leave this field blank

Uncheck the Remember password box.

Uncheck Require Secure Password Authentication (SPA) checkbox.
In the Advanced tab,

Set the Outgoing server (SMTP) to 465

Set the Use the following type of encrypted connection to SSL

• Click on the OK button. Doing this will close the Internet E-mail Settings window.
• You may now click on the Next button.
• Click on the Finish button. Your new account will be created.
• The Outlook program will automatically check all the accounts for new email messages at specific intervals. You can set the Outlook program to exclude your secure email account. In the Outlook window, select Tools> Send/Receive> Send/Receive Settings> Define Send/Receive Groups. 
• Click on the Edit button and choose your secure account.
• Uncheck the Include the selected account in this group checkbox and press the OK button. Click on the Close button.

These are the steps to setup secure email messages in the Outlook program. For further help, contact our tech support desk.