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Configuring MS Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is an email client that many people use to send and receive emails. This comes as a part of the Windows Office suite and is the mostly used app in the suite. It not only helps us manage emails, but also calendars, notes and tasks. If you have not configured your email in Outlook, here are the Outlook setting tips required to configure Microsoft Outlook.

It is possible to organize multiple email accounts and messages with the help of Outlook. There are a number of features that you can make use of for this. In case you need to follow an email message, you can simply flag them and check it later. Talking about the protocols supported, some of them are SMTP, POP3 etc.

It is indeed convenient to get your Gmail or Yahoo mails straight into your Microsoft Outlook client. All the necessary information from Outlook will be readily available to you even if there is no internet connection. Of course, not the email messages that you are yet to receive. You can also choose to get help from technicians with ones of the service providers.

Configuring Outlook is as simple as it functions.
  • Launch the Outlook application. 
  • Click on the option Info and Account Settings that is on the File menu. 
  • From the list, select the option that says Account Settings. 
  • Select the Email Tab, click on New and then select the Email Account. 
  • Now click on Next.
  • Here you will have to check the option Configure Manually server settings or Additional Server Types. 
  • Click on Next, select Internet Email and click again on Next. 
  • Now, you will have to select IMAP for the account type, in the section for server information. 
  • Now, enter your Name in the Your Name box, Email Address in the space provided to enter the email address. 
  • Type your Account Name in the box for Username. 
  • Type the Password in the box to type the Password.
  • Now, you will have to type the name of IMAP server for incoming mail server. 
  • Type the name of the SMTP server, for the outgoing mail server.
  • Click on Finish when you have entered all the details. 
With these simple steps, you will be able to easily configure Microsoft Outlook. If you have followed the Outlook setting correctly, whenever you launch the application, you will start receiving emails. If you have any questions, do visit our online tech support webpage.
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