Outlook on the web
Basic User Manual

August 2018

Outlook on the web User Manual (Basic)

CONTENTS
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.

Overview of Outlook on the web ...................................................................................................... 22.

Mail ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1

Supported Browser Environments .............................................................................................. 3

2.2

Mailbox Quota ............................................................................................................................................ 3

2.3

Size Limit for One Email ..................................................................................................................... 4

2.4

Limit on Recipients (in the “To” field) per Message ...................................................... 4

2.5

Message Rate Limit for Emails Sent .......................................................................................... 4

3.

Mail Basics ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1

Signing in & Signing out..................................................................................................................... 5
Signing in............................................................................................................................................. 5
Signing out ......................................................................................................................................... 7

3.2

Interface ........................................................................................................................................................ 7

3.3

New Messages .........................................................................................................................................10
Sending New Messages ..........................................................................................................10
Attaching a File .............................................................................................................................124.

Setting up Email Forwarding .............................................................................................................13
4.1

Setup via Forwarding .........................................................................................................................14

4.2

Setup via “Inbox rules” .....................................................................................................................16

5.

Creating an Email Signature ..............................................................................................................21

6.

Inquiries ............................................................................................................................................................23

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Introduction
This user manual explains the basics of using the university email system (Office365).
■ As a cloud service provided by Microsoft, Office 365 is a service that can beused not only for email, but also to distribute Office products and the like as tools
for collaboration.
■ As Microsoft may make changes to the the layout of Outlook on the web,images found in this manual may at times differ from what you see on the screen.

1. Overview of Outlook on the web
Outlook on the web is a web application that allows you to access your Office 365
mailbox using a web browser, where you can do almost everything you can do on
Outlook, including sending and receiving email, managing your address book andcontacts, as well as schedule management. It can be accessed and utilized anywhere a
web browser can be used, regardless of whether a computer is on or off campus.
≪ ATTENTION ≫Since Outlook on the web is a cloud service, it may be expected that system
updates by Microsoft will result in additions and deletions to the interface andfunctionality.

《 NEW TERMINOLOGY 》 About Exchange Online
Exchange Online takes the functionality of Exchange Server, which is equipped withemail and groupware provided by Microsoft, and makes it available on the cloud.
With Office 365, you can use services such as Exchange Online Mail, People, Calendar
and Tasks.

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2. MailThe “mailbox” provided to you is where the emails you receive are stored. Each email
address is provided with a mailbox. Now let’s talk about things to watch out for whenusing Mail in Office 365.

2.1

Supported Browser Environments

Outlook on the web can be used with the following web browsers:

Microsoft Edge: Latest version

Internet Explorer: Latest version

Firefox: Latest version



Chrome: Latest version



Safari: Latest version

2.2

Mailbox Quota

MAILBOX QUOTA WARNINGS
Exchange Online sends the following three types of notifications when mailboxes areapproaching their quota.
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ITEM

EXPLANATION1WARNING

When a mailbox approaches its maximum quota, an alert notification is sent
to the user via email.
This warning is sent to encourage the user to delete unnecessary emails.

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SENDING

When a mailbox reaches its maximum quota, a notification prohibiting the

PROHIBITED

sending of email is sent to the user via email. The user will not be able tosend out new messages until enough messages are deleted to drop the
mailbox below its quota.

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SENDING

When this quota is reached, Exchange Online rejects all incoming email andANDsends a non-delivery report (NDR) to the sender address. The sender may

RECEIVING

retry sending the email later. Enough messages need to be deleted to drop

PROHIBITED

the mailbox below the quota before messages can be received again.

MAILBOX QUOTA LIMITS AND NOTIFICATIONS#

Subject

Mailbox TypeWARNINGSENDINGSENDING AND

PROHIBITEDRECEIVING
PROHIBITED

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Default Quotas

Office 365

49GB

49.5GB

50GB

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2.3

Size Limit for One EmailIn order to prevent performance problems in the system due to large messages, andso that the messages of all users are delivered promptly, there is a limit on the size of
messages.
The size limit on messages sent or received is 35 MB, including attachments.
Messages over this limit will not be delivered, with a non-delivery report (NDR) sent to
the email address of the sender.
Your email client may limit the size of individual attachments to a value smaller than
this message size limit. Attempting to send an attachment of 5 MB or more using
Outlook on the web results in a prompt that asks you to choose whether you want toshare it via One Drive or send it as an attachment.

2.4

Limit on Recipients (in the “To” field) per Message

So users do not bulk send spam, Exchange Online has limits to prevent users andapplications from sending large amounts of email.
Each Exchange Online mailbox can send messages to a maximum of 10,000
recipients per day (i.e., email addresses that can be listed in the “To” field). The
maximum for a single email message is 500 recipients (i.e., email addresses thatcan be listed in the “To” field). These limits apply to emails sent within the organization,
as well as messages delivered to external organizations; and while the maximum limit
cannot be changed, the maximum limit of 500 recipients in the “To” field can beexceeded by specifying a distribution group with multiple recipients – instead of therecipients themselves directly – in the “To” field.
For example, a distribution group with 10 recipients is listed in the “To” field will becounted as only one recipient.

2.5

Message Rate Limit for Emails Sent

In order to prevent excessive consumption of system resources and illicit use, therate of email messages that can be sent by a user is limited to 30 per minute.
If a user sends out messages at a rate faster than this limit, the messages will still bedelivered by Exchange Online, but will be put in a queue on the server so the rate ofdelivery can be regulated.

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3. Mail Basics
Now let’s talk in general about the basics of using Mail in Outlook on the web.

3.1

Signing in & Signing out
Signing in(1) Launch Internet Explorer and go to the Office 365 portal page(https://portal.office.com/). Upon entering [your email address], a new screen willautomatically come up; press “Next”.

(2) When the following screen comes up, enter your password and click “Sign in”.

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Outlook on the web User Manual (Basic)(3) When ”Stay signed in?” comes up, click “No”.

(4) The Office 365 start screen will come up. Click on [Outlook].

(5) When you log in for first time, you will be asked what language and timezone youwant to use. Set your [Language] and [Timezone], then click “Save”. NOTE: If
overseas, choose as you prefer.

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Signing out
Once you are done using Outlook on the web, take the following steps.
Click theon the top right of the screen, then click [Sign out].

The “You’re signed out” screen will come up.

3.2

Interface《 Start Page 》
Upon logging in, the start page will be displayed. This is where tools you use like Mailand People can be accessed, and where you can bring up menus to personalize yoursettings.

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MENU BUTTON
Displays the Office 365 App .

SETTINGS BUTTON

Launcher.

Opens a menu for personalized
or app settings.

APP LAUNCHER
For accessing Mail, People, Calendar, etc.
NOTE: Which apps are displayed and areavailable for use can vary depending on the user.

《 Mail Landing Page 》
Launching [Outlook] from the start page will open the Mail landing page.
On the landing page, folders listed as favorites are displayed; clicking [Other] takes you
to Mail’s base page, where all the folders in the mailbox are displayed.
FOLDERS LISTED AS FAVORITES
Folders added to Favorites are displayed here. Folders such as[Inbox] and [Sent Items] show up by default.
Drag with the mouse to change the order of folders added tofavorites.

OTHER
Click to display all the folders
in the mailbox.

《 Mail’s Base Page 》
From the Mail landing page, click [Other] to go to Mail’s base page, which displays all
the folders in the mailbox. To return to the Mail landing page, click “Folder”.
Also, when signing out with Mail’s base page open, the next time [Outlook] is launched
Mail’s base page will come up.

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SEARCH BOX
To search for emails or users.

NEW MESSAGE BUTTON
To create a new email, click [New message].

FILTERFOLDERA collection of tools to quickly find emails you

To Return to Mailneed, so you can narrow down and rearrange

landing page.

messages.

READING PANE
Displays a preview of email

MESSAGE LIST
Displays a list of emails from theselected in the Message List.

folder you choose, or results froma search.
INBOX
Message-oriented activities, suchas browsing, forwarding, orreplying to received messages.

SENT ITEMSDRAFTS

A copy of messages you send is saved

Saved unsent messages, such as

so you can refer to sent messages

message drafts or items still to beafterwards, or resend messages you

sent, are stored in the Drafts

have already sent.

folder.

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3.3

New Messages

Outlook on the web supports both simple text format and standard internet HTML
format in the sending and receiving of messages.

Sending New Messages
Sending a New Message
Messages are created using the New message form. It is the same form used for
replying to and forwarding messages.
Follow these steps to create a new message:(1) Click [+ New message].
(2) In the New message form, specify the recipients (in the “To” and “CC” fields), enter
the subject, and enter the text of your message.

(3) Click [Send].

Specifiying Message RecipientsTo specify a message recipient, enter the recipient’s name or email address. Multiple
names can be separated with a semicolon (“ ; ”).
Click [To] or [CC] and you will be able to enter the addresses. Doing this will open
your address book. When your address book is opened, by default a window will display
where you can also search for addresses in your personal contacts. You can also searchfrom the global address list. Just double-click the name of the message recipient in youraddress book and the address will be added to the email message.
In addition, you can add addresses to [Bcc] in your message using the following
steps:
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Outlook on the web User Manual (Basic)(1) Click [Bcc] in the New message form.

(2) The Bcc input field will display.

Likewise, the following steps will allow you to keep the Bcc input field permanently
displayed.
(1) At the top of the screen, click in order [] → [Mail].

(2) Click [Mail] → [Layout] → [Message format].
(3) On the [Message format] screen, check the [Always show Bcc] checkbox, and click[Save].
NOTE: After saving your settings, click [Options] at the upper left of the screen,
which we have framed in a dotted line, to return to your previous page.

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Attaching a File
Messages can be sent with attachments from files accessible via your computer or via
the network.
Use the following steps to attach a file:(1) In the New message toolbar, click [Attach] → [Computer].

(2) In the dialog box that comes up, select the file you want to attach, then click[Open].

You can also drag and drop a file from your PC or another message to attach it to amessage.
CAUTION: The drag and drop feature for files on your PC does not work with allbrowsers.

File Extensions that cannot be Sent or Received as Message Attachments
Exchange Online may block an attached file because of its file extensions.

List of Blocked File Extensions.ade,.adp,.app,.asp,.bas,.bat,.cer,.chm,.cmd,.cnt,.com,.cpl,.crt,.csh,.der,.diagcab,.exe,.fxp, .gadg
et,.grp,.hlp,.hpj,.hta,.inf,.ins,.isp,.its,.jar,.jnlp,.js,.jse,.ksh,.lnk,.mad,.maf,.mag,.mam, .maq,.mar,.mas,.mat,.mau,.mav,.maw,.mcf,.mda,.mdb,.mde,.mdt,.mdw,.mdz,.msc,.msh,.msh1,.msh2,.ms
hxml,.msh1xml,.msh2xml,.msi,.msp,.mst,.msu,.ops,.osd,.pcd,.pif,.pl,.plg,.prf,.prg,.printerexport,.
ps1,.ps1xml,.ps2,.ps2xml,.psc1,.psc2,.psd1,.psdm1,.pst,.reg,.scf,.scr,.sct,.shb,.shs,.theme,.tmp,.
url,.vb,.vbe,.vbp,.vbs,.vsmacros,.vsw,.webpnp,.website,.ws,.wsc,.wsf,.wsh,.xbap,.xll,.xnk

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4. Setting up Email Forwarding
Email received to a Ritsumeikan email address can be automatically forwarded toanother email address.
Forwarding can be set up using two different approaches in Office 365:（1）Setup via Forwarding(2)Setup via Inbox rules

If you have only one forwarding destination, use (1) Setup via Forwarding. Follow
the steps in 4.1 for this setup.
If you have two or more forwarding destinations, use (2) Setup via Inbox rules.
Follow the steps in 4.2 for this setup.
REMEMBER: The following restrictions apply when using email forwarding:About Restrictions on Office 365 Automatic Forwarding
NOTE: Automatic forwarding in Office 365 has several restrictions. In the following cases,
even when a restriction results in a failure to execute automatic forwarding, there will
be no error message.

(1) Office 365 automatic email forwarding executed only once.
EXAMPLE: Email recieved in the inbox is set up to automatically forward to an email for
personal use, and then email recieved by the email for personal use is set up toautomatically forward to a private email. When this occurs, forwarded email from theinbox will arrive to the email for personal use, but will not arrive to the private email.

(2) Maximum of 10 automatic forwarding destinations for incoming email.
NOTE: Forwarding will not execute when set up for 11 or more forwarding destinations.

(3) If the only address listed in the “To” field for automatic forwarding is
the address of the sender, automatic forwarding will not work.

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4.1

Setup via Forwarding■ Description
・ Meant for those with only one forwarding destination.
・ Has to be set up via Outlook on the web.
・ Has settings for whether email at the source of forwarding is preserved or deleted.
・ “From” and “To” in the forwarded email is the same as in the email originally received
at the forwarding source.
EXAMPLE: If “office02@apu.ac.jp” is listed as the forwarding destination for“office01@apu.ac.jp”, email sent from “soushin@xxx.xxx” to “office01@apu.ac.jp” will
result in the following:
soushin@xxx.xxx

office01@apu.ac.jp

Sent

Forwarded

From: soushin@xxx.xxx

From: soushin@xxx.xxx

To: office01@apu.ac.jp

To: office01@apu.ac.jp

Click theoffice02@apu.ac.jp

From: soushin@xxx.xxx
To: office01@apu.ac.jp

on the top right to display the menu, then click [Mail].

Click [Mail] → [My account] → [Forwarding].

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Outlook on the web User Manual (Basic)① Click the [Start forwarding] radio button.
② Input the address you are forwarding to in [Forward my email to:].
③ Set [Keep a copy of forwarded messages] as you prefer, then reconfirm yoursetttings.
④ Click [Save].
NOTE: If you save without checking [Keep a copy of forwarded messages], email will not bepreserved at the forwarding source. Set this as you prefer to best fit your usage.

④
①

③

②

Once the font colors of [Save] and [Discard] go from black to grey, setup iscomplete. To return to the Mail landing page after setup, click [Options] at the
top left of the screen, which we have framed in a dotted line.

Setup for forwarding is now complete.
Upon completing setup, forwarding will start, and from that point on all messages
received will forward to the forwarding destination.

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4.2

Setup via “Inbox rules”■ Explanation
・ Meant for those who want to forward to 2 or more destinations (Maximum
destinations possible for forwarding is 10).
・ Needs to be set up via Outlook on the web, or Outlook (on a PC).
・ Email is preserved at the forwarding source.
・ The “From” address varies in email received at the forwarding destination dependingon whether the forwarding method is set to “redirect” or “forward”.
a) Using “Redirect” for Forwarding“From” and “To” in forwarded email remain unchanged compared to email received at
the forwarding source.
EXAMPLE: If “office02@apu.ac.jp” is listed as a forwarding destination of“office01@apu.ac.jp”, when an email is sent from “soushin@xxx.xxx” to“office01@apu.ac.jp”, the following results:
soushin@xxx.xxx

office01@apu.ac.jp
Forwarded

Sent
From: soushin@xxx.xxx
To: office01@apu.ac.jp

office02@apu.ac.jp

From: soushin@xxx.xxx

From: soushin@xxx.xxx

To: office01@apu.ac.jp

To: office01@apu.ac.jpb) Using “Forward” for Forwarding
In forwarded email, the “From” is changed to the email address of the forwarding
source, and the “To” is changed to the email address of the forwarding destination.
EXAMPLE: If “office02@apu.ac.jp” is listed as a forwarding address for“office01@apu.ac.jp”, when an email from “soushin@xxx.xxx” is sent to“office01@apu.ac.jp” the following results:
soushin@xxx.xxx

From: soushin@xxx.xxx
To: office01@apu.ac.jp

office01@apu.ac.jp

Sent

office02@apu.ac.jp

From: soushin@xxx.xxx Forwarded

From: office01@apu.ac.jp

To: office01@apu.ac.jp

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Let’s use an example now to guide you through the steps of setting up a redirect.
If you would prefer to use “Forward” in your setup, just replace “Redirect” in thefollowing steps with “Forward” as you proceed.
If forwarding has already been started using the “Forwarding” function
described in No. 4.1, “Redirect” (and “Forward”) in “Inbox rules” will not be
executed.
NOTE: Even when forwarding is started using the “Forwarding” function,
settings for “Redirect” (and “Forward”) can still be set up in “Inbox rules”.
However, even when set up, email will not “Redirect” (or “Forward”), nor will
an error display, so be sure to confirm that forwarding via the “Forwarding”
function is turned off.

[Steps in Setup]
Click theon the top right to display the menu, then click [Mail].

Click [Mail] → [Automatic processing] → [Inbox and sweep rules].
Click the [+] to add to the rules.

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Enter a “Name” for your rule, then set a “Condition”.
NOTE: Enter a “Name” as you prefer, then select a “Condition”.
NOTE: In the example below, the name is “Redirect Setting”, and the condition is “Apply to allmessages”.

Select [Forward, Redirect, or Send] in [Do all of the following], and select[Redirect the message to].

リダイレクト設定

Click to the right of “Redirect messages to...” so the cursor ( “|” ) flashes;
directly enter your “Redirect” address, and click [Save]. (Multiple entries
permitted)

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NOTE: In the example below, the redirect destination address is set to “XXXX XXXX”.

Insert the cursor in this column to directly
enter addresses.

Finally, complete by setting “Stop processing more rules” as you require.
Reconfirm there are no errors in the settings you have entered, then click [OK].
NOTE: If two or more rules – including settings for forwarding – are listed in “Inbox rules”, theresults of processing will vary according to the order of priority between rules, as well as the setting
for “Stop processing more rules”.

Confirm that the rules you have set up come up in the “Inbox rules” list.
NOTE: After setup, click [Options], which we have framed in a dotted line, to return to the previous
page.

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Setup for redirect is now complete.
Upon completing setup, forwarding will start, with all received messages from that point being
forwarded to the forwarding destination (Employee 8 [o365t308] in the manual example).

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5. Creating an Email Signature
Creating a signature allows you to set up a boilerplate signature that can be
automatically added to all messages, or that can be added manually to individual
outgoing messages. Outlook on the web allows only one signature to be listed for eachaccount. Signatures created in Outlook on the web will not show up in Outlook.
A signature can be created using the following steps:(1) Click [] then [Mail] on the upper part of the page.

(2) Click [Mail] → [Layout] → [Email signature].
(3) Enter your signature in the form on the [Email signature] screen, and format it as
you prefer.

(4) Check the checkboxes for [Automatically include my signature on new messages
that I compose] and [Automatically include my signature on messages I forward or
reply to] as you require; then click [Save].
NOTE: After setup, click [Options], which we have framed in a dotted line, to returnto the previous page.

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Specifying a Signature in the New Message Form
(1) Open the New message form and click [...] → [signature] in the toolbar.

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6. Inquiries
Inquiries regarding email migration or how-tos can be addressed in person or by email.

■Inquiries in Person
Information Systems Administrative Office, 3F Building D
HOURS: Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 4:30pm■Inquiries via EmailPlease inquire at: system@apu.ac.jp
NOTE: Please bear in mind replies to email inquiries may take some time.

■Frequently Asked Questions
Office 365 Usage Guide Page
http://www.apu.ac.jp/home/ct/office365/23