1. Click Tools on the Menu bar and select Accounts. Select the Mail tab. Click on Add and select Mail.

2.Enter your fullname. Click on Next.

3. Enter your email address beside Email address. The standard email format is emailid@mcmaster.ca. Click on Next.

4. Select IMAP for the incoming server. Enter univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca for both incoming and outgoing servers.

5. Enter your username. Click on Next.

6. Select connect using my local area network (LAN) if you are located on campus. Click on Next.

6. Click on Finish. Close the Internet Accounts window.

7. The Internet E-mail - univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca window will prompt for your password. Enter your password. Click on OK.

8. Select univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca and right click. Select IMAP Folders. Click on All tab. Click on Query. Subscribe to all folders. Uncheck When display hierarchy in Outlook, show only subscribed folders. Click on Apply and click on OK.

You may choose to create local folders for organizing and storing mail.

9. Deleting messages

The default setting for deleting messages on an IMAP server is to "mark" them for deletion. The icon will have a red "X" on it and the message header will have a line through it ("strikethrough"). This means the messages are still in your account on the server, taking up disk space, and will not be removed from the server until you "purge" them. When you are certain you don't want the marked messages anymore, purge them from the server by selecting Purge Deleted Messages from the Edit menu. Purged messages cannot be retrieved