Outlook 2010 is a very popular desktop email program. It allows you to configure all your email accounts to let you read and send mail from your desktop. This tutorial is going to show you how to setup an Email Account in Outlook 2010. NOTE: There are several versions of Outlook. Make sure which version you are using, as they are all a little different.
- Open Microsoft Outlook 2010.
- Click the “File” tab, then select "Info" then click "Add Account".
- In the “Auto Account Setup” window, select “E-mail Account” and enter your name, email and password details.
- In the “Auto Account Setup” window, select “Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click “Next >”.
- In the “Choose Service” window, select “Internet E-mail” and click “Next >”.
- In the “Add New Account” window, populate the fields with the information you have been provided for accessing your account.
- Click on the “More Settings …” button.
- Click on the “Outgoing Server” tab.
- Make sure “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” is checked and “Use same settings as my incoming server” is selected.
- Click on the "Advanced" tab and configure the settings in the "Delivery" section.
- Click on “Next >” Outlook will perform some tests to make sure the settings are working correctly. Close the “Test Account Settings” window when it’s done.
- Click on “Finish” to end the wizard.
