Set up Microsoft Outlook 2007 for IMAP Email

1. Open Account Settings.

In the main Outlook 2007 window, click Tools.
Select Account Settings... (if you can't see the entire menu, click the down-triangle).

2. Add a new account.

3. Continue account setup.

Select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types box and click Next.

4. Choose an e-mail service.

Select Internet E-mail and then click Next in the Add New E-mail Account window.

5. Enter your internet e-mail settings.

Enter the following in each field:
- Your Name: your full name, including spaces and capitalization
- E-mail address: your entire @yourdomain.com e-mail address
- Account Type: IMAP
- Incoming mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing mail server:
  - enter mail.yourdomain.com
- User Name: your username (the part of your e-mail address before the @ symbol)
- Password: optional
  - If you enter your password and check the Remember password box. Outlook will not request it each time you log on.
  - If others use your computer, it's safer to enter your password each time you check mail. You need your password if you make changes or reinstall Outlook.
Click Next > and then click Finish to save your changes.
Close the Account Settings window.

6. Download your mail from the server.
Click the Send/Receive button in the Outlook Today window and wait for your messages to load from the server.

7. Configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Send and Receive.

Open the Tools menu and select Account Settings... With SSL, your computer communicates with mail server over an encrypted channel.

8. Select your account.

9. Check your internet e-mail settings.

Make sure the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field contains mail.yourdomain.com
Click the More Settings... button.

10. Add outgoing server instructions.

11. Enter server information in the Advanced tab.

Click the Advanced tab.
Select SSL from the drop-down menu for Use the following type of encrypted connection under Incoming Server (IMAP). The port number will change from 143 to 993.
Enter 465 in the outgoing server (SMTP) field.
Select SSL from the drop-down menu for Use the following type of encrypted connection under Outgoing Server (SMTP).
Click OK to return to the previous screen.
Click Next and then Finish to return to the main program window.

12. View the headers of a message.

To view the headers, select a specific message in the main Outlook window. Every e-mail message contains header lines of technical and/or delivery information. These headers usually remain hidden unless you instruct Outlook to display them. The headers are useful when setting up spam filters or configuring more complex settings.
Right-click the message and select Message Options...

13. Review the headers.

Find the Message Options window, and review the internet headers field at the bottom.
Highlight the information to save it, and right-click to open the Edit menu.
Select Copy and paste the contents of your clipboard in a new window.
Click Close.

14. Verify your settings.

15. Select the account to verify.

16. Continue verifying your settings.

Check the settings in each field in the Add E-mail Account window.
Check that your Name, E-mail address, User Name and Password are correct in their respective fields.
Check your incoming mail server (example: mail.yourdomain.com).
Verify that mail.yourdomain.com is in the outgoing mail (SMTP) field.
Click Test Account Settings... to test your settings.
Click More Settings for more configuration options.

17. Finish verifying your settings.

Use the Mail Account field to change the name or label for this account.
To have recipients reply to an alternate e-mail address, enter its address in the Reply E-mail field.
Click OK to save your settings and close the window.
Click Next.
Click Finish to finalize and close the configuration window.
Click Close to close the E-mail Accounts window.