♦ Manual Account Setup
If you prefer to use POP you will need to set up the account manually:
Add a new email account
1. Launch Outlook 2007
2. Select Tools from the top menu bar, then Accounts Settings
Create new account
3. On the Account Settings screen, click New on the E-mail tab
Choose e-mail service
4. Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP and click Next
Account Setup
5. Tick the Manually configure server settings or additional server types checkbox and click Next
Select Internet Email
6. Select Internet E-mail and then click Next
Email settings
7. Enter all the relevant details (choose either POP or IMAP according to your needs) and then click More Settings
Outgoing Server Settings
8. Click on the Outgoing Server tab and ensure that the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox is selected, as well as Use same settings as my incoming mail server
Advanced Settings
9. Select the ‘Advanced’ tab
Ensure that your settings are as below for your choice of either POP or IMAP:
POP port settings
· Incoming 110, outgoing 587
· Not ticked: This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)
· Use the following type of encrypted connection is None
POP settings
IMAP port settings
· Incoming 143, outgoing 587
· Not ticked: This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)
· Use the following type of encrypted connection is None
IMAP settings
10. Click OK to save these settings
11. Click Next and Finish
Your Outlook mail program should now be set up to send and receive mail.