If you are setting up your device or if you have recently changed your password, you may configure your device using the settings below.
The steps below describe how to set up your email account using MacOS 26 Tahoe.
Adding your OU E-mail to MacOS Mail
- Open Mac Mail.
- If you have not opened Mail before, skip to step 2.
- If you already use Mail, you will need to add your new account. From the Mail menu, select Accounts and then the Add Account button.
- Enter your OU email address and then hit Continue.
- Select Microsoft Exchange.
- For Name, enter a name for the mail account like OU or OU Mail.
- For Email Address, enter your OU email address and click Sign In.
- You may now see a message asking if you wish to Sign in to your Exchange account using Microsoft? Click to Sign in.
- You will now be prompted to enter your OU/OUHC password and then hit Sign in.
- You will need to authenticate with PingID to continue. If you have not set up PingID, please see this article.
- The program will now search the server for your settings. If this process works, it should display “outlook.microsoft365.com” for your server address.
- Now click Continue. You may receive a prompt to select the apps to use with your account. After making your selection, click Done.
- Your mail will download a local copy of your messages to your Mail client. Depending upon the size of your mailbox, this process may take some length of time before it fully completes.