Outlook 2007

The following instructions will guide you through setting up a new account in Outlook 2007.

Open Microsoft Outlook 2007


At the top of the page click on the 'Tools' menu and then select 'Account Settings'

e-mail Accounts

On the 'e-mail' tab, click the 'New'button.

Check the box at the bottom for 'Manually configure server settings or additional server types'.


Select 'Internet e-mail'

Make sure that your settings look like the settings shown in this screenshot.

  • For "Your Name" enter your name.
  • For "E-mail address" enter your full E-mail address.
  • For "User Name" enter your full E-mail address.

When you're done, click on the 'More Settings...' button in the bottom right hand corner

Internet e-mail Settings

Click the 'Outgoing Server' tab at the top of the screen

Outgoing Server

Put a checkmark beside 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication' and make 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server' is selected.

Advanced

Click on the 'Advanced' tab at the top.


Make sure that your settings look like the settings shown in this screenshot

Click the 'OK','Next' and then 'Finish' buttons and now you should be able to send and receive e-mail

Can't Send Email?

If you can receive email but you can't send email after following the instructions above, you will need to change your outgoing mail (SMTP) port from the default of 25 to 1025.

To do this:

From the 'Edit' menu click 'Preferences...' From the window on the left, select 'Mail Servers'

Now change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server' from 'mail.can.rogers.com' to 'mail.can.rogers.com:1025'.




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