Outlook Setup |
Step by step configuration of Microsoft outlook 2007 as your email client. |
- Enable POP in your email account. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done.
- Open Outlook.
- Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings...
- On the E-mail tab, click New...
- If you are prompted to Choose E-mail Service, select POP3 and click Next.
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
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Setup Info |
- Your Name: your name / email ID
- Email ID: Your Full Email Address
- Incoming mail server: pop.gmail.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.gmail.com
- Username: Your Full Email Address
- Password: "password" - forgot password
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Next Step |
- Click the More Settings... button, and select the Outgoing Server tab.
- Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server."
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Final Step |
- Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3). Enter 995 in the 'Incoming Server' box.
- In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box, enter 587, and select TLS from the drop-down menu next to Use the following type of encrypted connection:.
- Click OK.
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Test Settings |
- Click Test Account Settings... After receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close.
- Click Next, and then click Finish.
Congratulations! You're done configuring your client to send and retrieve email messages.
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