Outlook Settings for Outlook 2007

Setting up Outlook

Open your Outlook and click on ‘tools’ at the top
Select account settings from the drop down menu and check the button to add new email account (Make sure you manually configure the email, do not use the auto setup)
Choose POP3 as the Server type
Click Next
A box will pop up asking you for your name and email address
For your incoming mail server (POP3 Server): type in your domain name, i.e. yourdomain.com
For your outgoing mail server (SMTP Server): this is also your domain name, i.e. yourdomain.com
For your username: enter your FULL email address, i.e. name@yourdomain.com (you MUST include the domain)
For your password: enter your email password that BYF created for you (this should be on the email that this document is attached to) i.e. Sally123
Make sure that ‘Log on using secure password authentication’ is UNCHECKED
Click on the ‘more settings’ box
Under the servers tab make sure to CHECK ‘My server requires authentication’
Click the Outgoing Server tab
Make sure to CHECK ‘my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’
Click ‘use same settings as my incoming mail server’
Click on the Advanced tab
Under Server Port Numbers at the top, change ‘Outgoing server (SMTP)’ to 26 (leave the Incoming server (POP3) at 110)
Under Delivery at the bottom check the box for ‘Remove from the server after’ – and set it at ‘5 days’ (10 days would also be acceptable).
Click Ok and then Finish

Your Outlook email should now be set up! But you’re not finished – make sure to set the additional setting below to avoid future email issues.

Send/Receive Setting

Click on Tools at the top and select Options in the drop down menu
A window will pop up. Click on the Mail Setup tab.
Click on the Send/Receive button
At the bottom of the window check the box for ‘Schedule an automatic send/receive every’ – and set it at ‘5 minutes’ (10 minutes is also acceptable). This setting should never be set any lower than 5 minutes.

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