One of the
first things you will have to do when you start to use Outlook is
configure an e-mail account. The settings for the account will be given
to you by your e-mail account provider (in the case of a business, an
institution, or a school, your system administrator; if you’re at home,
your Internet Service Provider will give you your settings). You MUST
have an Internet connection to use e-mail, and your account MUST already
be set up on a server before you configure it.
But what do
you do with all this gibberish about user names, authentication, and
servers? You launch Outlook’s wizard that will help you! To start the
E-mail Account Wizard, just click on the Tools menu and click E-mail
Accounts. You’ll see this screen:
If
the dot is beside “Add a new e-mail account” and you click next, you’ll
get this window:
With
this screen, you can choose which protocol your e-mail account uses
(this information will be given to you by your e-mail account provider),
and click next. There is a different set of options for each type, which
we’ll get into later. Once you click next on this screen, fill in the
options and click next, and then click Finish, your e-mail account is
set up! To go
back and change settings, just click on the Tools menu, click E-mail
accounts, and put the dot next to View or change existing e-mail
accounts. Click next and you’ll see this screen:
Here’s an overview of the parts of this screen:
o
Change
will open the properties screen for the selected account. o
Add
will bring up the screen with a list of e-mail account types so you can
set up a brand new e-mail account. o
Remove
will delete the selected account. o
Set as
default
will set the selected account as the primary account. This is not
available if you only have one e-mail account set up. o
Move up
or move down
will move the account in the list. This is only available if multiple
e-mail accounts are set up.
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