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Setup of Microsoft Entourage 2008 (Web Services Edition)

Configuration for UConn's Central Email Server

 

OPTIONAL:
If this is the first time that you are running Entourage, you may see the Entourage Setup Assistant dialog appear, select the appropriate options depending on if you have email to import, then click the right arrow to continue. This skips to step 3 below.

screenshot of the Entourage Setup Assistant dialog
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With Entourage launched, select the Tools menu, then the Accounts... command.

Click the New button and select the option for an Exchange type account.

Entourage's Entourage menu with the Account Settings... command selected
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image of the Accounts dialogue
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Type in your UConn email address and check my account is on an Exchange Server.

Click return / right arrow to continue to the next page.
Entourage's Accounts window with the New button held down and Exchange... selected as the account type
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A dialog will pop-up and prompt you for account info:

Domain uconn
Account ID Your NetID
Password Your NetID Password
Save password in Mac OS keychain optional, check if you do not want to prompted for your email password every time Entourage checks for new mail.

 
Entourage's Account Information dialogue with Domain set to 'uconn', Account ID set to 'NetID'
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You should receive a dialog indicating account successful, simply click return / right arrow to continue.
Entourage's Setup Assistant with the Automatic Configuration Succeeded dialogue
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Confirm that your name, email, and NetID are listed correctly or change any items here that need to match up to your specifics. Again, click return / right arrow to continue.
Entourage's Setup Assistant with the Verify and Complete Settings with fields: Your name set to 'First Last', E-mail address set to 'first.last@uconn.edu' Domain set to 'uconn' Exchange server set to 'https://exchange.uconn.edu/EWS/Exchange.asmx'
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OPTIONAL: Click the Verify My Settings button to confirm that you have all account settings accurately setup to the central email server. Click on the return / right arrow to continue.
Entourage Setup Assistant with the Verify My Settings button available
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Once again, you should receive a second success dialogue, simply click return / right arrow to continue.
Entourage Setup Assistant with the Automatic Configuration Suceeded dialogue
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Click the OK button and you're done!

 

Details of the Edit Account panels
(if you need to check/verify settings after initial configuration)

In the Edit Account - Account Settings section enter the following information:

Account Name

UConn Central Email

Name

Your Full Name

E-mail address

first.last@uconn.edu
Account ID

Enter your NetID
Domain uconn

 
screenshot of Entourage's Account Settings tab of the Edit Account dialog
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Switch to the Advanced tab at the top and enter the following information:

Exchange server

https://exchange.uconn.edu/EWS/Exchange.asmx

This server requires a secure connection

checked

Override default port

unchecked

LDAP server

willow.grove.ad.uconn.edu (varies based on auto-config)
This server requires me to log on checked
This LDAP server requires a secure connection (SSL) unchecked
Override default LDAP port unchecked
screenshot of Entourage's Advanced tab of the Edit Account dialog
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Updated: 10/8/09