Web Browser (Method 1)
- Open a Web Browser – eg Google Chrome
- Login to your Nexus365 account – https://outlook.office.com/ox.ac.uk
- Once you are connected to your Nexus365 inbox you need to amend the website’s URL to include the delegated email address so that it looks like this: https://outlook.office.com/owa/delegated.emailaddress@unit.ox.ac.uk

4. Once you have changed the website URL, press enter and, if you have the correct permissions, you will be taken to the delegated mailbox.
5. Any emails you send from that web URL will be as if you are Sending As that email address.
Web Browser (Method 2)
- Open a Web Browser – e.g. Google Chrome
- Login to your Nexus365 account – https://outlook.office.com/ox.ac.uk
- Once connected to your email account, click on your initials (Avatar) in the top right-hand corner.
This will display a drop down menu – click Open another mailbox…

- You will then get a pop-up box where you can type the delegated email address.

- The delegated mailbox will now appear in the sidebar on the left of your inbox.
- Note – Messages sent using this method will be sent FROM YOUR email address and NOT the delegated shared email address. If you need the message to appear as if it came from the delegated email address then use Method 1 above!
iOS Configuration
iPhone
Go to Settings – Passwords & Accounts – Add account – Other – Add mail account
IMAP Account Information | |
Name: | Project Display Name |
Email: | project.name@bnc.ox.ac.uk |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Description: | Use a descriptive name to identify this account on your iPhone |
Incoming mail server | |
Hostname: | outlook.office365.com |
Username: | bras****@OX.AC.UK\projectname (replace bras**** with YOUR Oxford SSO username) |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
SMTP outgoing mail server | |
Server: | Yes (green) |
Hostname: | smtp.ox.ac.uk |
Username: | bras**** |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Use SSL: | Yes (green) |
Authentication: | Password |
Server port: | 587 |
Press ‘Done’ at the top.
Android Configuration
Android 8 and 9
Go to Settings – Accounts and backup – Accounts – Add account – Personal (IMAP) – Add mail account
IMAP Account Information | |
Email: | project.name@bnc.ox.ac.uk |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Incoming mail server | |
Username: | bras****@OX.AC.UK\projectname (replace bras**** with YOUR Oxford SSO username) |
Hostname/server: | outlook.office365.com |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Server | outlook.office365.com |
Server Port | 993 (Could be different on your phone) |
Security type | SSL/TLS (Could be different on your phone) |
SMTP outgoing mail server | |
Username: | bras**** |
Password: | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Hostname/server: | smtp.ox.ac.uk |
Server port: | 587 (Could be different on your phone) |
Security type | STARTTLS (Could be different on your phone) |
Older Android versions
Go to Settings – Cloud and accounts – Accounts – Add account – Email
Account details | |
Project account email address | project.name@bnc.ox.ac.uk |
Password | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Sign in then select IMAP account | |
Incoming server | |
IMAP server | outlook.office365.com |
Security type | TLS |
Port | 143 |
Outgoing server | |
SMTP server | smtp.ox.ac.uk |
Security type | TLS |
Port | 587 |
Verify before sending emails | Yes |
Username | bras**** |
Password | YOUR OXFORD SSO password |
Sign in – takes you back to the accounts page where you will find your project account listed.
For a primary mailbox (your own mailbox)
Username should be set to bras**** – (where unit0000 is your SSO username)
For a secondary (Project) mailbox you also own
Username should be set to bras****@.ox.ac.uk\projectname – (where bras**** is the users SSO username and projectname is the project mailbox account “name”)
Set Password to the users SSO password (whichever method you use above)
Apple Mail Setup
- Be Given delegate access permission to the Project account
- know the Project account email address
- Know the project account name
Apple Mail> Preferences

Select Other Mail Accounts

Enter Your Oxford SSO password
Put the Projectname on the end of your bras****@OX.AC.UK and enter the rest of the details below. Click Sign in

Click Done

Open up Mail again got to Preference > select Accounts

Change the Description Field to something more useful.

Now, select the Server settings tab, REMOVE the appended @OX.AC.UK\ProjectName from the outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) username. It has been removed in the screenshot below,
As an example, you will something similar to this > bras****@OX.AC.UK\ProjectName
Just leave Your username in the Outgoing SMPT username field so it should look like the below screenshot.
Click Save

To change the Account name in the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)>Select the drop down under account>click Edit SMTP server List

and amend the Description

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