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Setting Up SIU-C Directory Services in Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh.

SIU-C Directory Services is a new service offered to the campus community by Information Technology. The SIU-C Directory Services allows you to search a common database of all faculty, staff, and students, preferred e-mail addresses. The various departments around campus have listed the preferred e-mail contact address for their faculty and staff, these addresses, along with other pertinent information, have been entered into a directory allowing you to search for the e-mail address directly from your e-mail client without using the e-mail search function on the campus web site.

Minimum System Requirements for SIU-C Directory Services

• Campus Area Network Access whether through modem or direct access.
• The minimum requirements to run Microsoft Outllook Express.
• Microsoft Outlook Express configured correctly for your e-mail account.

 1) The first step is to launch Microsoft Outlook Express.

2) Go to the Edit menu and choose Preferences.

 

3) When the Preferences window opens, choose Directory Services on the left side of the window as pictured below.

4) Press the New Directory... button, you will see a window similar to the one below.

5) Enter a name for the New Directory Account. SIU Directory Services is suggested.

6) Click OK.

7) Now enter 39h.siu.edu in the Server address: field as pictured below.

8) Press the Advanced.. button on the bottom of the Preferences window.

9) Enter the information as appears in the image below. Under Search base: enter o=SIU,c=US (lowercase letter o equals SIU (in all capital letters) comma lowercase letter c equals US (in all capital letters)) with no spaces. Click on the box next to Override default LDAP port: and enter 489. It is suggested that you leave the Maximum number of matches to display: at 100 and the Search timeout: at 60 seconds.

10) Click OK.

11) Click OK.

12) Now you should be back at the main window for Outlook Express (see image below). Note that SIU Directory Services is listed on the left side of the window.

13) Click once on SIU Directory Services in the left side of the Outlook Express window. You will notice that your Outlook Express window has changed and is similar to the image below.

14) To begin searching the SIU Directory Services database for an e-mail address, just type a name in the Search for Name: field and press the Find button.

15) Any matching hits for the name you performed a search on will appear in the window as seen below. In our example we did a search on 'bruens' and received three hits (see image below).

16) To send a message to the person you wish from the search hits, simply click once on the name you wish to send the message to and click Mail to: Type the message you wish to send to the person and press send when finished.