MS Outlook 2007: Guidelines for email account setup.
This step-by-step article describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook 2007 to add a new Internet e-mail account.
| Website: | Microsoft Outlook 2007 - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857931033.aspx |
| License: | Software to be purchased at Microsoft |
Sample Configuration parameter:
User Information:
Your name: Name Surname
Email address: user [at] your-domain [dot] co [dot] za
Server Information:
Incoming (POP3) mail server: mail.your-domain.co.za (port 110)
Outgoing (SMTP) mail server: Use one that fits your internet connection type:
- Telkom (ADSL) - smtp.saix.net
- Telkom (Dialup) - smtp.saix.co.za
- IS ADSL - smtp.isdsl.net
- MTN 3G - mail.mtn.co.za
- Vodacom 3G - smtp.vodacom.co.za
- I-Burst - smtp.wbs.co.za
- Sentech - smtp.sentechsa.com
Account name: user [at] your-domain [dot] com
Password: mailbox password
(where 'your-domain.co.za' is the name of your registered domain with Syneco)
Guidelines for email account setup:
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Launch Microsoft Outlook 2007
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Select ‘Tools’ from the top menu bar
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Click the ‘Accounts Settings’ button
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On the pop-up, click ‘New’ on the E-mail tab; The email setup wizard will appear
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Ensure that the ‘Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP’ radio button is selected and click ‘Next’
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Ensure that the ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ checkbox is selected and click ‘Next’
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Ensure that the ‘Internet E-mail’ radio button is selected and click ‘Next’
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Enter all the relevant details, as per sample configuration above (Select ‘POP3’ as the server type)
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Click ‘Next’
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Click ‘Finish’
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