Adding an IMAP Account on Outlook 2007

To set up an IMAP account for Microsoft Outlook 2007, follow these steps:

1. From Microsoft Outlook 2007, select the Tools menu and select Accounts.
   • Note: If not visible, the accounts menu may be hidden. To un-hide it, click on the small downward arrow at the bottom of the Tools menu to reveal hidden menu options.
2. On the Account Settings page, the E-mail tab at the top should already be highlighted. Click the New button.
3. Select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types option and click Next.
4. On the Choose E-mail Service page, select the first option for Internet E-mail and click Next.
5. Under the Internet E-mail Settings screen enter:
   • User Information: Type your first and last name (what you want to appear in the "From" line when you send email to the other recipients)
   • Email Address: Enter your full email address (username@your_domain.com).
   • Incoming Mail Server (IMAP): Ask your service provider (e.g. imap.hyperoffice.com)
   • Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): Ask your service provider (e.g. smtp.hyperoffice.com)
     
     
     
     
   • Logon Information:
     • In the Username field, type your full email address
     • Type in the password used to log into the portal
     • NOTE: Do not enter your username only. A full email address is required to access the portal's mail servers.
6. Click the More Settings button. The Internet E-mail Settings dialog appears:
   • Click the Outgoing Server tab. Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication option.
   • Select the Log on using option and complete the User Name and Password fields.
   • Select the Advanced tab.
   • Set the IMAP port to 143.
   • Set the SMTP port to 587.
   • Slide the Server Timeouts to Long (10 minutes).
   • Click OK.
   • The main email accounts setting window appears.
   • Click Next to continue the settings
7. Click Finish to complete the IMAP account set up.lder as the Sent Items folder in Outlook 2007;

1. First make sure there is a Sent Items folder in your IMAP mailbox.
   • If you have not subscribed to the Sent Items folder yet, go to:
     Tools-> IMAP folders…and subscribe to your Sent Items folder
2. Open your IMAP account settings via:
   Tools -> Account Settings… -> double click on the IMAP account.
3. Click on More Settings…
4. Select the Sent Items tab.
5. Enable the option “Save sent items in the following folder on the server”
6. Select the Sent Items folder to have Outlook save sent mail to your IMAP account.