How to Configure Office365 Webmail

Login

• Login to O365 webmail - (https://outlook.office365.com) Use your @math email address.
• Enter your EID credentials - please note: this may not be the same as your Math account.
• “Stay signed in?” - this is your preference.

Set the time zone (This is very important)

• Through web browser link https://outlook.office365.com
• (If first time logging in, a prompt might pop up asking to set time zone. Please set to: Central)
• Select the gear icon (top right)
• Navigate and select Mail app settings at the bottom.
• Use the left navigation bar and expand the General Tab.
• Select Region and Time Zone.
• Set to the following:
• Central Time (GMT -6 US and Canada)

Show my folders

• Using the left edge navigation bar
• Click ‘More’ within the folder listing

Inbox Filtering - this will disable Microsoft’s proprietary inbox filtering

• Click on ‘Filter’ at the top right of your Inbox list
• Click on ‘Show Focused Inbox’
• Conversation Grouping - this will disable conversation grouping.
• Click on ‘Filter’ at the top right of your Inbox list
• Click on ‘Show as’
• Select ‘Messages’ if you prefer a strict chronological view
• Select ‘Conversations’ if you prefer conversations to be grouped.

Default reply action

• Click the gear icon (top right)
• Click ‘Mail’ (under the ‘App Settings’ section at the bottom)
• Click ‘Reply  Settings’ under the ‘Automatic processing’ section in the left menu
• Select your preferred default reply action.
• Click the ‘Save’ button at the top of the page

Junk Email - Disable automatic filtering

• Click the gear icon (top right)
• Click ‘Mail’ (under the ‘App Settings’ section at the bottom)
• Click ‘Block or allow’ under the ‘Accounts’ section in the left menu
• Click the radio button next to “Don’t move email to my Junk Email folder”
• Click the ‘Save’ button at the top of the page

Set notification options.

• Click the gear icon (top right)
• Click ‘Office 365’
• Click ‘Settings’ in the left menu
• Click ‘Notifications’ in the main page
• Select which notifications you want to receive