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Microsoft Outlook 2007

Friday, 21 November 2008 09:42

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2007 to work with your email account. You can also setup previous versions of Microsoft Outlook using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your Email Account in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. When the Startup Wizard displays, click Next.

NOTE: If the Startup Wizard doesn't automatically display, from the Tools menu, select Account Settings, and then click New. In the Add New E-mail Account dialog box, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, then click Next.

On the Account Configuration page, select Yes to indicate you want to configure an email account, and then click Next.

On the Auto Account Setup page, enter the following:

Your Name
Enter your first and last name.

E-mail Address
Enter your email address.

Password
Enter the password you created for your email account.

Retype Password
Enter your password again.

At the bottom of the page, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, and then click Next.
Auto Account Setup

On the Choose E-mail Service page, select Internet E-mail, and then click Next.

On the Internet E-mail Settings page, enter your email account information as follows:

Your Name
Enter your first and last name.

E-mail Address
Enter your email address.

Account Type
Select POP3.

Incoming mail server
Type pop3.chillnet.co.za for your incoming mail server.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
Type smtp.chillnet.co.za for your outgoing mail server.

User Name
Enter your email address again.

Password
Enter the password you created for your email account.

Select the Remember Password checkbox, and then click More Settings.
Internet Email Settings

In the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab. Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

Go to the Advanced tab. Verify that you have 110 for your incoming server (POP3) and 25 for your outgoing server (SMTP), and then click OK.

Click Test Account Settings. Microsoft will send itself a message to test your incoming and outgoing capabilities. Once this is complete, click Next.