Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook 2007
This tutorial will show you how to set up your email account in Microsoft Outlook 2007. If you have Microsoft Outlook 2003, click here or if you have Microsoft Outlook Express, click here.
1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > Account Settings.
2. On the E-mail Accounts window, select the "E-mail" tab and then click the "New..." button.
3. On the Add New E-mail Account window, enter your information as follows:
Your name: Enter your first and last name.
Email address: Enter your email address.
Account type: Choose POP3.
Incoming mail server (POP3): Enter mail.yourdomain.co.nz (where yourdomain is your websites url) for your incoming mail server.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Enter smtp.your-isp.co.nz (where your-isp is your internet service provider [xtra, slingshot, clearnet etc.])
Username: Enter your email address, again.
Password: Enter the password you set up for the email account.
4. Click the "More Settings" button.
5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
6. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
7. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".
8. Select the "Advanced" tab and check that the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to is set to 25. If not, change it to 25. Then click OK.
9. Click the "Test Account Settings..." button. The following window should appear.
If any of the tests fail, go back and check that you have done all of the previous steps correctly. If it still fails, give us a call on 0800 WEBSPRING or 07 839 1881 and we will help you sort it out.
10. Otherwise click Next and then Finish, and that's it, Outlook should now be set up!
Leave Emails On The Server
If more than one person (or computer) is using the same email account, you can set up Outlook 2007 to leave the emails on the server for up to one month. This will enable everyone (or machine) to read ALL of the emails before they are removed from the server.
1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > Account Settings.
2. On the E-mail Accounts window, select the "E-mail" tab, choose your account and then click the "Change" button.
3. Click the "More Settings..." button.
4. Click the "Advanced" tab.
5. Under the Advanced tab, click the "Leave a copy of messages on the server" tickbox and then underneath that click the "Remove from server after x days" tickbox. Replace the x with the number of days you want the emails left on the server (we recommend 30 days).
6. Click OK, Next, and then Finish and that's it. All done.