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1. Enter the following information in the boxes on the screen.*

  • Your Name: enter your first and last name as they appear in your email
    Example: Jane Smith

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  • Retype Password: enter your MSB Account password

2. Click Next.

3. You will see a screen that says it is configuring your account. It may take several minutes.
Outlook will prompt you to enter your username and password. In the User name field, enter mccombs\your MSB Account and in the Password field, enter your MSB Account password.

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  1. Follow the instructions in the Getting to the Email Account Setup Screen section at the top of this page to bring up the Account Setup screen.
  2. Check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types box and click Next.
  3. Select Microsoft Exchange and click Next.
  4. In the Microsoft Exchange Server field, type exchange.mccombs.utexas.edu.
  5. If you are using a notebook computer, make sure Use Cached Exchange Mode is checked. If you are using a McCombs lab computer, uncheck Use Cached Exchange Mode.
  6. In the User Name field, type your msbaccount.
  7. Click Check Name.
  8. At this point, you may be asked to log in. Log in as mccombs\msbaccount, where msbaccount is your personal MSB account.
  9. The exchange server will change names and your name should appear in the User Name field.
  10. Click the More Settings button.
    1. On the Connection tab, check Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP
    2. Click Exchange Proxy Settings.
    3. Under connection settings in the "https://" box, type mail.mccombs.utexas.edu
    4. Check Mutually authenticate the session when connecting with SSL
    5. In the Principal name for proxy server box, type msstd:mail.mccombs.utexas.edu
    6. Check On fast networks… and On slow networks…
    7. Change authentication to Basic Authentication.
    8. Click OK.
  11. Click Next.
  12. Click Finish.
  13. On the Mail screen, if you check another email account through another profile in Outlook, select Prompt for a profile to be used. Whenever you open Outlook, you will be asked which profile you want to open. To view your McCombs email, select mccombs. Your other profile is probably called Outlook. If you only have one profile in Outlook, or if this is the only profile you’ll use, select Always use this profile, and select mccombs from the drop down list. #Click
  14. Click OK.

You should be able to access your email through Outlook 2007 on campus and off campus. If for some reason you are unable to connect to Outlook from off campus, try running VPN software, then opening Outlook.

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