Configuring Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 for NTU Webmail Account

I’ve just realized that usually…

• I type webmail.ntu.edu.sg in my browser’s address box almost every x-hours, where x in Z+ and 0 < x < 24, followed by clicking the link given;
• I open my homepage and click Webmail;
• I type stuff\blablabla and my password to check my NTU e-mail;
• I am afraid of Microsoft stuff;
• I see broken incorrect layout of NTU Mail as I use a non-IE browser;
• when I use Internet Explorer, I must wait for about:blank for a century.

Boring, you see. Now I don’t want to open that website frequently at least in my laptop, even though at last I should be brave to use Microsoft stuff. The only way to check the e-mail without abusing web browser and typing that thingy is by abusing Microsoft Office Outlook.

The guide from NTU CITS does not seem to be straightly applicable to Outlook 2007 version, but it actually works anyway if you try for the whole night hahaha. [I hope CITS will update the guide soon.]

So, I try to explain the guide in terms of Outlook 2007 [ and Windows Vista Business; because I use that ].

Those who don’t want to run through this guide, try another simpler guide from NTU CITS. I don’t know whether it will work though. The guide states that it is for Outlook 200x, but the steps mentioned in the guide says that that the profile is for Outlook 98/2000.

1. Open the Control Panel and switch to Classic View.
   
2. Look for the icon, and double-click it.
3. Click Show Profiles.
   
4. Add new profile.
   
5. Give the new profile a name. After that, click OK.
   
6. Check the box Manually configure server settings or additional server types, then click Next.
   
7. Choose Microsoft Exchange and click Next.
   
8. Type Mail21 for Microsoft Exchange server;
   Check the box below; and
   Fill the User Name box with the NTU network user name.
   
9. If you see some annoying pop-ups [saying that something fails or should be checked], don’t Cancel them! Instead, just Close them. [If you cancel them, they'll keep popping up.]
10. Click More Settings…
    
11. On the Connection tab, check the Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP box. Then click Exchange Proxy Settings…
    
12. Fill webmail.ntu.edu.sg for URL for Exchange;
    Check the box Only connect to…, then fill msstd:webmail.ntu.edu.sg;
    Use NTLM Authentication;
    Check On slow networks,… box;
    [Let the rest setting to you;] and
    Click OK.
    
13. Click Apply, then click OK.
14. Next and Finish.
15. Last but not least, choose the profile that you want to use, then click Apply and then OK.
    
16. Errr sorry. That wasn’t the last.
    Launch the Outlook 2007. You should see a familiar pop-up prompting for your password.
    

    Login Prompt

That’s all…

You may also be interested in this post [Don't Open NTU Webmail Page in Library Computers].

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