We know you're excited to get your email set up on your computer. We offer a variety of ways to help you through this process below: written step-by-step instructions or the Outlook Setup tool that does everything for you automatically. Ideally, 5 minutes is all you need to get your email working in Outlook 2007.

Some Internet service providers might not accept the Outlook Setup Tool's default settings; you might need to manually edit them. For more information, seeTroubleshooting Problems Connecting to Email in Outlook Express.

The Outlook Setup Tool supports the following operating systems and email programs:

  • Microsoft Windows® XP
  • Windows Vista® 32 bit
  • Windows Vista® 64 bit
  • Windows® 7
  • Outlook® Express 6
  • Windows® Mail
  • Outlook® 2003
  • Outlook® 2007
  • Outlook® 2010

BEFORE YOU START: To set up Outlook with your email, you need to know your POP or IMAP Email Server Settings and ports. To find them, go to the Email Setup Center and write down the information that displays under Email Server Settings.

Setting up Email in Outlook 2007

To manually set up your email account, just follow the instructions below.

To Set up Email in Outlook 2007

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2007. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings.
  2. Click New.
  3. Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next.
  4. Enter Your Name, E-mail Address, Password, and password confirmation.
  5. At the bottom, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
  6. Select Internet E-mail, and click Next.
  7. Select either IMAP or POP3 for your Account Type. Use these settings for your incoming and outgoing servers, depending on the type of email you have:
    POP3
    Incoming mail server pop.secureserver.net
    Outgoing mail server (SMTP) smtpout.secureserver.net
    IMAP
    Incoming mail server imap.secureserver.net
    Outgoing mail server (SMTP) smtpout.secureserver.net
  8. Enter Your Name and full E-mail Address.
  9. Enter your User Name (your full email address) and Password, and selectRemember password.
  10. Click More Settings.
  11. Click the Outgoing Server tab. Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use same settings as my incoming server.
  12. Select the Advanced tab.
  13. Next to Outgoing Server (SMTP), type 80.
  14. Optional: If you're setting up a POP3 account, under Delivery, select Leave a Copy of Messages on the Server.
  15. Click OK.
  16. Click Next, and then click Finish.

That's it. Go ahead and check your email. If you don't see any messages, press F9 on your keyboard. To make sure you can send messages, try composing an email and sending it to yourself.