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Setting up Outlook 2007

Outlook 2007 is part of the Office 2007 suite offered by Microsoft. The setup procedure is similar to Outlook 2003 but it differs in the following aspects.

Outlook 2003 | Outlook 2007
Email Accounts changed to Account Settings
There is no view or change option, Outlook 2007 lists all of the email accounts.

1. To set up a mail account using Outlook 2007, Select Tools from the top of the Microsoft Outlook window.

2. Select Account Settings from the Tools menu.

3. Select New under the E-mail tab.

4. Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP should be selected by default, this is the correct option, select Next > at the bottom of the window.

5. The Auto Account Setup page should be displayed, at the bottom of the window, tick the box that says Manually configure server settings or additional server types. select Next > at the bottom of the window.

6. Internet E-mail should be selected. select Next > at the bottom of the window.

7. Under the User Information section fill out the information appropriately.

8. Under Server Information the Account Type should be set to POP3

9. The Incoming mail server is in the following format pop3.domain, If your E-mail address ends in vcn.com, the server is pop3.vcn.com.

10. The Outgoing mail server (SMTP) is in the following format smtp.domain, If your E-mail address ends in vcn.com, the server is smtp.vcn.com.

11. Under Logon Information Change the User Name to reflect the entire email address, e.g. "joe" is now "joe@vcn.com"

12. Type the password for the account in the Password field.

13. Click on the More Settings... button.

14. In the Internet E-Mail Settings window, Select the Outgoing Server tab at the top.

15. Tick the box that says My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.

16. Leave all of the other options set at their default settings and click OK.

17. Back to the Add New E-mail Account wizard. select Next > at the bottom of the window.

18. Click Finish

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