FAQ: How to configure Outlook 2007 to retrieve email using POP3/IMAP

The following setup process guides you through the process to configure Outlook 2007 to access your hosted mailbox using POP3 or IMAP in addition to send email. POP3 is recommended when you access your email from a single computer. If you intend to access your mailbox via multiple devices you should configure IMAP at step 7. You should substitute your domain name when specifying the Incoming and Outgoing servers name; the correct names are mail. followed by your domain.
  1. Start Outlook 2007.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Account Settings.
  3. Click New.
  4. Click Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next.
  5. In the Auto Account Setup dialog box, click to select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types check box then click Next.
  6. Click Internet E-Mail then click on Next.
  7. In the Server Information section select IMAP (or POP3) for Account Type.
  8. In the Your Name box, enter your name as you want it to appear to recipients.
  9. In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail address (eg. mail@example.com)
  10. In the User Name box, type your full email address (eg. mail@example.com)
  11. In the Password box, type your password.
  12. In the Incoming mail server box, type mail.example.com.
  13. In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type mail.example.com.
  14. Click on More Settings then Outgoing Settings, tick My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and finally click on OK.
  15. Click Next then Finish to complete setup.


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