How to set up your email account in Outlook 2007

  • Select the Tools menu and then select Account Settings
  • Select New on the E-mail tab
  • Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP should already be selected. Select Next
  • On the Auto Account Setup screen, tick "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and select Next
  • Under Choose E-mail Service select Internet E-Mail and select Next
  • Fill in your details on the Internet E-mail settings(POP3) window as follows:
  • In the Your Name box type in the name you want attached to your email
  • In the Your Email box type in your email address that you created in the control panel
  • In the “Incoming Mail Server” box, enter “mail.yourdomain.com
  • In the “Outgoing Mail Server” box, enter “mail.yourdomain.com
  • The User Name box should contain your complete email address
  • The Password box should contain the email password that was supplied to you
Please check that the user name and password that you type in are not in the wrong capitalisation because user names and passwords are case sensitive. The password displays as asterisks for privacy purposes. When copying and pasting your password, ensure that you do not copy leading or trailing spaces.
  • Select the Remember Password box if you want Outlook 2007 to NOT prompt you for your password every time you download your email
  • Click on More Settings
  • Select the Outgoing Server tab. Tick "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and choose the option "Use the same settings as my incoming mail server"
  • Select the General tab
  • The Reply E-mail box should contain your Reply-to email address. This is usually your full email address
  • Click OK to return to the Add New E-mail Accounts page and then click Next and Finish on the Congratulations! screen

Article ID: 14, Created On: 5/10/2010, Modified: 5/10/2010