Steps To Configure Microsoft Outlook In Your System

Microsoft Outlook is an email application that also serves as a personal information manager. It comprises of some advanced features such as calendar, note making, journals etc. which help the users to schedule and organize their important events.

You can follow the below-mentioned steps to change the Outlook setting and configure Microsoft Outlook on your system.

• As the first step, locate the Microsoft Outlook icon on your desktop, and launch the Outlook application.
• When Outlook starts, select the Next option to continue. You would get a pop up message asking if you would like to configure an email account. Select Yes and then click Next. A box would appear for Auto Account Setup. Here, click the Manually configure server settings or additional server types checkbox, and click Next.
• The next box would ask you to choose your E-mail Service. Make sure the Internet E-mail is selected, and click Next. The next box would prompt you for your email account information. In the User Information area, enter your full name and your email address.
• Once you type in the information, click on the More Settings button. Now, under the General tab, type the name you would like to use for this email account.
• You may also enter the name of your organization if you choose. Enter your email address in the Reply E-mail field. You can also contact the Outlook help to know more about the Outlook setting.
• Click on the Outgoing Server tab and check the box for My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. You should select the option to use the same settings as your incoming mail server. Click on the Advanced Tab to display the encryption settings for your incoming and outgoing servers.
• You would notice that when you check the boxes, the port numbers automatically change to 993 for IMAP and 25 for SMTP.
• Now, in the Folders section, enter the Root folder path, ~/Mail/. Click OK when you have finished entering the information, and you will be redirected to the Add New Account box. Now, click Finish.
• Once you have started Outlook, you can view your mail folders from the mail pane on the left. Locate the group of folders corresponding to the name you gave to this account.

Hence, these simple steps would enable you to configure Microsoft Outlook in your system. For more information, you can also check Microsoft’s official website.