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How to Set Up Outlook 2007

Before you can use Outlook to send and receive e-mail, you need to set up an account. You can have more than one account—for business, online shopping, and so on—and each person who uses your computer may have their own, completely separate account. Outlook gracefully handles it all.

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Start Outlook 2007

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On the Tools menu, click Account Settings.

On the E-mail tab, click New.

In the Add New E-mail Account dialog box, click Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next.

Configure the new e-mail account. You can configure the new e-mail account automatically or manually.

To configure the new e-mail account automatically, follow these steps under Auto Account Setup in the Add New E-mail Account dialog box:

a.	In the Your Name box, type your full name.
b.	In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail address. Your ISP provides this information. Your e-mail address usually takes the form of a combination of your first and last name and the name of your ISP, separated by the at sign (@) and periods. For example, OAVS uses an ISP that is named tpg.com.au The ISP may assign an e-mail address of oavs@tpg.com.au.
c.	In the Password box, type the password that your ISP or your web host provided.
d.	In the Retype Password box, retype the password, and then click Next to begin the Auto Account Setup process. Outlook 2007 will try to automatically configure your account settings and server settings. If your account is successfully configured, the Add New E-mail Account dialog box indicates that the account was created successfully. This dialog box also indicates the type of e-mail server to which you successfully connected.
e.	Click Finish, and then click Close to complete the account setup. Note If automatic configuration fails, the account must be configured manually.

To configure the new e-mail account manually, follow these steps in the Add New E-mail Account dialog box:

Click to select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types check box, and then click Next.

Click Internet E-mail, and then click Next.

Under User Information, follow these steps:

1.	In the Your Name box, type your full name.
2.	In the E-mail Address box, type your full e-mail address. Your ISP provides this information. Your e-mail address usually takes the form of a combination of your first and last name and the name of your ISP, separated by the at sign (@) and periods. For example, OAVS uses an ISP that is named Contoso.com. The ISP may assign an e-mail address of oavs@tpg.com.au.

Under Server Information, click the type of e-mail account that you have in the Account Type box.

If you clicked POP3 or IMAP in the Account Type box, follow these steps:

1.	In the Incoming mail server box, type the name of the server. This is the server that holds your messages before you download them to the computer. Type the server name in lowercase letters. The name may be in the form of "mail.tpg.com.au." Or the name may be in the form of an IP address, such as 172.12.0.0. or your domain name like this mail.yourdomainname.com.au
2.	In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type the name of the outgoing e-mail server. Type the server name in lowercase letters. The name may be in the form of "mail.tpg.com.au." Or "mail.bigpond.com" Or, the name may be in the form of an IP address, such as 172.12.0.0.

If you clicked HTTP in the Account Type box, follow these steps:

In the HTTP Service Provider box, click the appropriate service provider for this account. For example, click one of the following:

	Hotmail
	MSN
	Other

If you clicked Other in the HTTP Service Provider box, type the URL to the mailbox in the Server URL box.

Under Logon Information, follow these steps:

1.	In the User Name box, type your user name. The user name is usually the part of your e-mail address to the left of the at sign (@).
2.	In the Password box, type the password that your ISP provided. If you are hosted by OAVS then username will be your full email address.
3.	If you want Outlook to remember your e-mail account password, click to select the Remember password check box.

If your ISP requires it, click to select the Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box to log on by using Secure Password Authentication.

Click Test Account Settings. This feature calls a dialog box that displays, in a step-by-step manner, each phase of the testing of the configuration that you entered. When you click Test Account Settings, the following process occurs:

	The connectivity of the system to the Internet is confirmed.
	You are logged on to the SMTP server.
	You are logged on to the POP3 server.
	It is determined whether the POP3 server must be logged on to first. If it is required, Outlook automatically sets the Log on to incoming mail server before sending mail option.
•	A test message is sent. This message explains any changes that Outlook made to the initial setup.

If you want to modify your e-mail account any more, click More Settings to open the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.

Click Next, and then click Finish.