Guide - How to Setup Email in Outlook 2007

April 18th, 2008

Since there have been lots of enquiries on how to properly setup your email account in Microsoft Outlook 2007, following is a step-by-step guide for you.

Step-By-Step Instructions

Open Outlook.
Go to on “Tools/Account Settings”.
Click “New” to start wizard.
Make sure “Microsoft Exchange, POP3..” is selected and click “Next”.
Don’t bother filling out the fields. Just select “Manually configure server settings…” and click “Next”.
Make sure “Internet E-mail” is selected and click “Next”.
Fill out all the information is shown and click on “More Settings” (another sub-window should open).
Click on “Outgoing Server” tab and make sure you have the “My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication” enabled.
Click on “Advanced” tab and make sure the outgoing server port number is set to to 2525 or 25. Some ISPs like streamyx block port 25 so you need to change it to 2525. Now click “OK”
You can now test the settings by clicking “Test Account Settings” and make sure they all pass. If anything fails, you need to double check your settings and your internet connection to make sure you firewall or office network allows you to send/receive emails.
Once successful, click “Next” and thats it. You should be able to send and receive emails.