Knowing how to create Microsoft Outlook email accounts will save you money and help to reduce your waiting time if you are in a hurry. On this page we work towards showing you how.
Introduction
Microsoft Office Outlook 2010
- Automatic Setup
- Manual Setup
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
- Automatic Setup
- Manual Setup
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and earlier
- Automatic Setup
- Manual Setup
- Internet Email Settings Dialog Box
- Conclusion
Introduction
We get lots of requests to configure Microsoft Outlook and create Microsoft Outlook email accounts, so to help out on this page you can find the information you need to add accounts to various versions of Microsoft Outlook. You must correctly configure the Internet E-mail information service to send and receive messages in Outlook. Before you start, you must have the following specific information about your email account to manually configure it in Outlook. Contact your ISP if needed to obtain the following information:
- Your full email address.
- The type of e-mail account: POP3, IMAP or HTTP.
- Your user name.
- Your password.
- The SMTP server name or address.
- The POP3 server name or address.
- Is Secure Password Authentication (SPA) required?
- The port number that is used for SMTP. (Most ISPs use port 25.)
- Is encryption (SSL is most common) required for the port?
- The port number that is used for POP3. (Most ISPs use port 110.)
- Do you require encryption (SSL is most common) for the port?
- Does the outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) require authentication?
- If so, do you use my normal e-mail name and password?
When you have this information you are ready to create Microsoft Outlook email accounts.
