How to setup POP3 in Outlook 2007

Summary

This article describes how-to setup Microsoft Outlook 2007 to send & receive email using POP3 and your DomainsFoundry Hosted email address.

Before you start checklist

Have the following details ready before you start:

  • Your domain name
  • Your email address
  • Your email password

For help on creating your email addresses in your control panel see this article:

Configuring Outlook 2007

  1. Open Outlook 2007.
  2. At the Outlook 2007 Startup page click Next.
  3. Select Do not Upgrade and click Next.
  4. Select Yes to configure an E-mail account and click Next.
  5. Select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types checkbox and click Next.
  6. Select Internet E-mail and click Next.
  7. Enter:
    • Your name
    • Your full E-mail Address. Example: info@example.com
    • POP3 for the Account Type
    • Incoming Mail Server as mail.example.com, replacing example.com with the domain of your hosting account.
    • Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) as mail.example.com, replacing example.com with the domain of your hosting account.
    • Your full E-mail Address for the User Name. Example: info@example.com
    • Your E-mail Password
  8. Click More Settings.
  9. Click Outgoing Server
  10. Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
  11. Click OK
  12. Click Next and click Finish

Outlook 2007 is now configured to send and receive email using your DomainsFoundry E-mail address.