In order to send and receive email using Microsoft Outlook 2007, you need to setup your account as described below -
- Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. Click the Tools menu and select Account Settings...
- On the E-mail tab, click New...
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
- Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
- E-mail Address: Enter your full email address (user@somedomainname.com).
- Password: Enter your email password.
- Manually configure server settings or additional server types: Select this check box and click Next.
- On the prompt to Choose E-mail Service, select Internet E-mail to connect to your POP, IMAP, or HTTP server to send and receive e-mail messages. Click Next.
- In the Internet E-mail Settings dialog, verify your User Information and enter the following additional details:
- Server Information
- Account Type: Select POP3 or IMAP
- Incoming & Outgoing mail server: You can obtain this information from your Webmail interface and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com. Here, you would need to login with your email address and the corresponding password
- Logon Information
- User Name: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave this option unchecked.
- Click More Settings... and select Outgoing Server
- Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and ensure that the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected.
- Click OK and then Next
Your setup is complete. When you click on the Send/Receive button, your email will be downloaded by Outlook
SSL/TLS option has been enabled on our servers. The SSL/TLS option will run on the default ports. That means, you do not need to change the port numbers for the SSL/TLS option to work.
Steps to configure TLS/SSL
a) Start the Microsoft Outlook program
b) Select the account to change. Highlight your e-mail account, then click Change to open the settings window. (Do not click Repair.)
c) Open the Advanced settings tab. Click the More Settings button, then choose the Advanced tab.
d) In the Advanced tab:
- First, check the box marked This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)
- Make sure that the Incoming server (POP/IMAP) port number is 995/993
- In the Use the following type of encrypted connection list, choose TLS
- Make sure that the Outgoing server (SMTP) port number is 25/587
e) Click OK to close the "Internet E-mail Settings" window.
