Overview

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Find out how to set up your UC San Diego email in Outlook.
 

Critical Concepts

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• Mail delivery information for your @ucsd.edu email address can be found with the Account Lookup Tool.
• Emails through mail.ucsd.edu and ad.ucsd.edu are delivered through the campus Exchange server. Learn how to set up Exchange on Microsoft Outlook.
  
  

Steps to Take

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1. Enable IMAP

1. Sign into UC San Diego Gmail at mail.google.com. Select your UC San Diego email or click Add Account.
2. Click the gear icon and select Settings.
3. Under the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, select Enable IMAP.
4. Click Save Changes.

2. Add Account to Outlook

1. Open Outlook and go to File → Info → Add Account.
2. Select Manual setup or additional server types → POP or IMAP.

3. Configure your account

1. Your Name: How your name will display
2. Email Address: Your UC San Diego email address
3. Account Type: IMAP
4. Incoming mail server: imap.gmail.com
5. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
6. User Name: Your UC San Diego email address
7. Password: Your password

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4. More Settings

1. Click More Settings...
   1. Outgoing Server
      1. My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: Yes
      2. Use same settings as my incoming mail server: Yes
         
   1. Advanced
      1. Incoming server (IMAP): 993
         • Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL
      2. Outgoing server (SMTP): 465
         • Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL