Step 1
Locate the menu bar in the window. In our screen shot below it reads - File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, Actions and Help.
To open the Accounts tool do the following:
- Click the Tools menu
- Then the Accounts submenu
- New or Change email option
- Click on the New icon
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Step 2
Now select the Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) option.
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Step 3
Tick the option Manually configure the server settings... and click next.
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Step 4
Now you need to choose the Internet E-mail option and click the next button.
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Step 5
To complete Step 5 you will have to enter the following information:
- Your name: your name
- Email address: the email address provided to you
- Incoming mail server POP3: mail.yourdomainname.com
- Outgoing mail server SMTP: mail.yourdomainname.com
- Username: your complete email address
- Password: your password
Tick the option Remember Password to save your password in Microsoft Outlook 2007.
Now click the More Settings... button
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Step 6
Click on the tab labled Outgoing Server and fill in the fields with your details
- Tick My outgoing server (SMTP) require authentication
- Make sure the option Use same setting as my incoming mail server is ticked too.
Now click the OK button. You are now returned to the Step 5 window. Now click the Next button to save your settings.
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Setup Complete
This now concludes setting up your emails on Microsoft Outlook 2007. Click the Finish button and start working with your emails.