Entourage 2008 is currently the most capable client program on the Macintosh for accessing SPU e-mail. Entourage 2008 supports most features such as calendaring, out of office messages and contacts but you may find some limitations with these features compared to the Windows Outlook client. Most students, faculty and staff can upgrade to Entourage 2008 under terms of our license agreement with Microsoft. Please see our
Software Distribution page for details.
Required:
- Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard)
- Entourage 2008 with all available updates (From the Help Menu > Check for Updates)
- Broadband Connection (Cable Modem or DSL, not dial-up modem)
How To:
- Open Entourage 2008 from Applications > Microsoft > Entourage 2008
- From the Tools menu, select Accounts and choose New > Exchange Account from the resulting dialog box
- Enter your email address "username@spu.edu" and check the 'My account is on an exchange server' box. Select the next right arrow.
- Entourage will automatically find the SPU Exchange server and ask you for your credential information. Please enter the fields as shown (replace SPUUsername@spu.edu with your email address) and click OK
- You may be shown a dialog box indicating a problem with the server's security certificate. Please just click OK
- Verify your settings and click the right arrow. The LDAP Server field will be automatically populated. You should need to enter anything when going through the setup process.
- Entourage is now configured for use on or off campus. If ever prompted to log in, use your full email address and password.
Common Problems:
Some Features May Not Work Off Campus
Due to the method Entourage communicates with servers, some features such as Global Address List lookup and recipient verification will not be available off campus.
Automatic Configuration Cannot be Completed
You may not have all current updates for Office 2008 installed. Please open the Entourage Help Menu and choose 'Check for Updates'