Adding a Shared Mailbox in Outlook

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Last updated: Mar 27, 2017 by Christopher Forte
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Use this guide to add a Shared Mailbox to your Outlook Profile.

Step-by-step guide

 

  1. In Outlook, Click on "File" on top left hand of window
  2. Click on "Account Settings"
     
  3. Choose "Account Settings" from the menu
     
  4. Click on "Change" 
     
  5. Click on "More Settings ...
     
  6. Click on "Advanced"
     
  7. Click on "Add"
     
  8. Type in "BUSN" and click OK to search for all of the School of Business Mailboxes
  9.  Select the Mailbox you wanted and click OK
     
  10. If you want to add another Mailbox, repeat steps 8-9, until you've added all of the mailboxes you've wanted. Please note, each additional mailbox slows the process - it's recommended to add 1 at a time.When complete, Click OK
     
  11. Click on Next >
     
  12. Click on Finish
     
  13. The Mailboxes will appear on the bottom left-hand side of your Outlook Profile - It may take some time to download the items to your local cache file
     

For more help, please contact our helpdesk at busn.help@uconn.edu