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.

Sample Configuration parameter:

User Information:
Your name: Name Surname
Email address: user@your-domain.co.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@your-domain.com
Password: mailbox password

(where 'your-domain.co.za' is the name of your registered domain with Website Design Pro)

Guidelines for email account setup:

1. Launch Microsoft Outlook 2007

2. Select ‘Tools’ from the top menu bar

3. Click the ‘Accounts Settings’ button

   

4. On the pop-up, click ‘New’ on the E-mail tab; The email setup wizard will appear

   

5. Ensure that the ‘Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP’ radio button is selected and click ‘Next’

   

6. Ensure that the ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ checkbox is selected and click ‘Next’

   

7. Ensure that the ‘Internet E-mail’ radio button is selected and click ‘Next’

   

8. Enter all the relevant details, as per sample configuration above (Select ‘POP3’ as the server type)

   

9. Click ‘Next’

10. Click ‘Finish’