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IMPORTANT:

You must enable POP in your Hofstra GMail first!
Please click here for instructions.

Click here for a printable PDF version of these instructions.

1. Launch Outlook.
2. Click Tools on the “Menu Bar”.
3. Select E-Mail Accounts from the “Tools” menu.

4. Click on the Add a new e-mail account radio button.
5. Click Next.

6. From the “E-mail Accounts” dialog box, choose the POP3 option.
7. Click Next.

8. Enter the following information into the text fields:

Your Name: Your name as you would like it to appear in your e-mails.
E-mail Address: Your entire Hofstra E-mail address Example: JSMITH1@pride.hofstra.edu)
User Name: Your entire Hofstra E-mail address Example: JSMITH1@pride.hofstra.edu)
Password: Your POP password.
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

9. Click on the More Settings… button.

10. On the “Internet E-mail Settings” dialog box, select the “Outgoing Server” tab.
11. Click on the check box next to the “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”.

12. On the “Internet E-mail Settings” dialog box, select the “Advanced” tab.
13. Click on the check boxes next to the two “This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)” options.
14. Verify that the:

Incoming server (POP3) port is 995.
Outgoing server (SMTP) port is set to 465.
Click OK.

15. Click on the Test Account Settings… button.

16. If you do not get a message that says all tests have completed successfully, click close and re-check all of the settings you entered.
17. Once all of the tests have passed, click Close.

18. Click the Next button.

19. Click Finish.