Set up Outlook on macOS to access McGill email


OVERVIEW

Target audience: Entire McGill community.

Use the instructions below to configure Microsoft Outlook to access your McGill email.

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NOTE:

McGill email works best with the latest version of Outlook, which all registered students, faculty and staff members are eligible to use. See Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise for instructions to download and install it.

Configuring Outlook

To configure Microsoft Outlook 2016 or Outlook for Microsoft 365 on macOS to access your McGill email:

  1. Click on Tools at the top of the screen, then click on Accounts.

  2. Click on Add Email Account.

  3. Enter your credentials when prompted: 
    Email address: firstname.lastname@mcgill.ca or firstname.lastname@mail.mcgill.ca
    Password: your McGill password
  4. Click Continue



  5. A confirmation will be displayed once your account is added.

  6. You will return to the Accounts screen. Simply close that window and access your newly created email account.

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NOTE: Access to the outlook server

You may see a prompt requesting that you allow Outlook to redirect to the Microsoft server to auto-discover your account settings. If you see this prompt, click Allow and put a check in the box that says Always use my response for this server.

Adding Shared email accounts

At this point, you can easily add shared Outlook accounts.

  1. From the Accounts window, click on the > next to Delegates and Sharing



  2. Select Shared With Me.

  3. Click on + at the bottom of the page.

  4. In the next dialog box, enter the email address of the shared account you wish to add and click Add for each of them.

Once you are done, the number of accounts added is displayed in the Accounts screen.

 
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