Setting Up Email in Outlook 2007

Entering your email settings
Editing your email settings

Entering your email settings

1. Start Outlook 2007 by double-clicking its desktop icon or by selecting it from the Start Menu. What happens next depends on whether you have opened Outlook previously.

 
• If you have not started Outlook 2007 before, an Outlook 2007 Startup wizard will open automatically. On the first screen of the wizard, click Next. 
  On the E-mail Upgrade Options screen, select the second option Do not Upgrade. Click Next. On the E-mail Accounts screen, click Yes when asked if you want to set up an e-mail account. Go to step #2, below.
• If you have started Outlook 2007 before, click the Tools menu at the top of the Outlook Window, then click Account Settings. In this new window, select the New... on the E-mail Tab.  Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP should already be selected. Click Next. Go to step #2, below.

 
2. On the Auto Account Setup screen, check the box beside Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next. 
   

   
   
   
   

3. Under Choose E-mail Service select Internet E-Mail and click Next.
   

   
   
   
   

4. The Internet E-mail Settings screen appears.  Under User Information, enter your personal name as you would like it to appear on email coming from you. Enter your email address. Under Server Information select Account type,  either POP3 or IMAP depending on which type of mailbox you use.  Most people use POP3.  Enter mail.olympus.net for Incoming mail server, and send.olympus.net for Outgoing mail server. Under Logon Information, enter your email address for User Name and the password for that account. Confirm that Remember password is checked.  Click the button More Settings.
   

   
   
   

5. Select the Outgoing server tab and check the box My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and click OK.
   

   
   
   

6. Click Next, and then click Finish on the Congratulations! screen.

We recommend that our customers change the default outbound server port to prevent problems with sending email. Please see How to Enable Universal Email Access Using Outlook 2007 to make this change.

Editing your email settings

1. Click the Tools menu at the top of the Outlook Window, then click Accounts Settings.  
2. On the E-mail Accounts screen under E-mail tab select the account you wish to edit and click Change...
   
   
   
   
3.  Make the desired corrections on the settings screen, click Next, then click Finish.