Setting Up Your POP or IMAP Email Address in Microsoft Outlook 2007
This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2007® to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2007, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.
1. Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. When the Startup Wizard displays, click Next.
NOTE: If the Startup Wizard doesn't automatically display, from the Tools menu, select Account Settings, and then click New. In the Add New E-mail Account dialog box, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, then click Next.
2. On the Account Configuration page, select Yes to indicate you want to configure an email account, and then click Next.
3. On the Auto Account Setup page, enter the following:
Your Name Enter your first and last name. E-mail Address Enter your email address. Password Enter the password you created for your email account. Retype Password Enter your password again.
4. At the bottom of the page, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, and then click Next.
5. On the Choose E-mail Service page, select Internet E-mail, and then click Next.
6. On the Internet E-mail Settings page, enter your email account information as follows:
Your Name Enter your first and last name. E-mail Address Enter your email address. Account Type Select IMAP. Incoming mail server Type securemail.nwims.com for your incoming mail server. Outgoing mail server (SMTP) Type securemail.nwims.com for your outgoing mail server. User Name Enter your email address again. Password Enter the password you created for your email account.
7. Select the Remember Password checkbox, and then click More Settings.
8. In the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab. Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
9. Click Test Account Settings. Microsoft will send itself a message to test your incoming and outgoing capabilities. Once this is complete, click Next.
10. Click Finish.
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