Set up email in Outlook 2007

  1. Open up Outlook. If the Startup is not shown skip to step 4.
  2. Wait for any loading screens to clear and then click next.

  3. Make sure that the 'Yes radio button' is selected and then click next. Skip to step 6.

  4. Click on the tools menu at the top, then select 'Account Settings' from the drop-down menu. You will be shown a list of your existing mailboxes. Click on the 'New' button.

  5. At the bottom of the dialog box, select the 'Manually configure server settings or additional server types' and then click next.

  6. Make sure that 'Internet Email' is selected and then click next

  7. Fill out all the necessary information as shown in the screenshot below. Please make sure that Log on using Secire Password Autentication (SPA) is left unticked. Once done you can click 'Test Account Settings' to ensure the details entered are correct and then click More Settings.

    Your name is used on all mail you send as the sender of the mail (e.g. From: John Smith)
    Your username, and password should have been given to you by us.
    Account type is POP3.
    Incoming mail server is mail.yourdomain.com (this may vary, please ask if unsure)
    Outgoing mail server is mail.yourdomain.com (this may vary, please ask if unsure)

  8. Click on the Outgoing Server tab and you will then be presented with a window like the one shown below. Tick the box which reads 'My server requires authentication' and then select the option 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server'.

  9. Optionally you can go to the 'Advanced' tab and tick 'Leave a copy of messages on server', and then tick 'Remove from server after n day(s)' and set the number of days to 7.
  10. Click OK. Once back to the details screen click next. Then finally click finish on the final screen.