| When you open Outlook for the first time in | | | | process of entering all relevant information about |
| Office 2007, you'll need to configure it to retrieve | | | | your mail account. You can use Outlook to |
| and send your mail. In addition, you may need to | | | | manage more than one email account. In fact I |
| set up folders to organize your incoming | | | | have several set up to download into the same |
| messages, as well as mail you've already read. | | | | inbox! |
| The first thing you'll need to configure is your | | | | Once your account has been set up, you can |
| email account. You need to know your email | | | | alter the settings by selecting the Change button. |
| address and your email password. You may also | | | | If you use Outlook to manage more than one |
| need to know the name of your inbound and | | | | email account, you will select one account as your |
| outbound mail servers for Internet e-mail. If you | | | | "default" account. Outlook will automatically select |
| use a Microsoft Exchange server, you will need to | | | | this account when you open the programme. To |
| know the name of the Exchange server, as well | | | | choose a new default account, use the "Set As |
| as the name of your Exchange mailbox. Outlook | | | | Default" button. Outlook does give you the ability |
| will use these pieces of information to log into | | | | to choose an alternate account before you send |
| your mail server to retrieve and send messages. | | | | any message. |
| If, for some reason, you have forgotten your | | | | You can delete accounts you no longer use by |
| email password, consult with the email | | | | highlighting the target account and clicking |
| administrator for your account. Likewise, if you do | | | | Remove. For obvious reasons, you should be |
| not know the name of your inbound or outbound | | | | careful with this function. |
| mail servers, or your Exchange server, consult | | | | If an email account does not seem to function |
| with your email administrator. | | | | properly, you can select the affected account and |
| To set up your mailbox, open Outlook. | | | | choose Repair. This feature may restore a |
| Choose Tools > Account Settings. A dialogue | | | | non-working email account. |
| box will appear. Choose the Email tab. | | | | Outlook will require additional configuration, once |
| Add your email account by clicking the New | | | | the basic mail sending and retrieving have been |
| button. This will start the Add an Email Account | | | | established. We'll cover more of Outlook in our |
| Wizard. The Wizard will walk you through the | | | | next post. |