In order to send and receive email using Microsoft Outlook 2007, you need to setup your account as described below -
- Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. Click the Tools menu and select Account Settings...
- On the E-mail tab, click New...
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
- Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
- E-mail Address: Enter your full email address (user@somedomainname.com).
- Password: Enter your email password.
- Manually configure server settings or additional server types: Select this check box and click Next.
- On the prompt to Choose E-mail Service, select Internet E-mail to connect to your POP, IMAP, or HTTP server to send and receive e-mail messages. Click Next.
- In the Internet E-mail Settings dialog, verify your User Informationand enter the following additional details:
- Server Information
- Account Type: Select POP3 or IMAP
- Incoming & Outgoing mail server: You can obtain this information from your Webmail interface and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com. Here, you would need to login with your email address and the corresponding password
- Logon Information
- User Name: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave this option unchecked.
- Server Information
- Click More Settings... and select Outgoing Server
- Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and ensure that the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected.
- Click OK and then Next
Thats it, your account has been setup! When you click on Send/Receive, all your email will be downloaded by Outlook 2007.