If you are not happy with the way it looks you might want to use Windows Live Mail for this purpose. The default look of Outlook will not be what you expect:
Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) serverEnter. In the next window, Set up e-mail servers, you’ll enter the following information: Incoming e-mail server typeChoose POP3 from the drop-down menu.
Now you have your accounts setup to download from the Hotmail, MSN or Live servers. In the Internet E-mail Address window, please specify your address in the E-mail address field. You can also click on the Connector and add email accounts right thru that add on. You will need to validate your Office to download the file. Which i have already given a link to at the top. Now before you can download any emails you will be prompted to get the Outlook Connector. First you will change the settings from POP to HTTP.Īfter that you will see the settings changed and you will see that one of them is the HTTP service provider. Now here is where you will setup your settings. Here you will select the Internet Mail setting. Use the following Hotmail email settings within GroupMail: 1. So check the box and get to the next step. If you use Hotmail to send your email, you can configure GroupMail to send your newsletters and other group emails through the Hotmail Live SMTP mail server. Here you want to Manually setup the email account. Cancel Home Email Newsgroup New Account Quick views Unread email u Views - Folders Properties Indows Live.
Software Neededįirst you will want to create a new account. Get a Windows Live email address Passwo rd: Remember this password Display name for your sent messages: John Doe Manually configure server settings Most email accounts work with Windows Live Mail including Hotmail Gmail and many others. Now with this guide you will not need it anymore. If you are like me then most likely you used Windows Live Mail to accomplish this task. Well this will show you how you can connect to them and use them from within the Outlook 2007 interface. With the second field ('Password '), Windows Live Mail requests your email accounts password to be able to connect to your mail server. So one of the big issues with many users face today when using the new Outlook 2007, part of the Office 2007 Suite, is that they can not get it connected to their hotmail, msn or live email accounts. The 'Get a free e-mail account' link Windows Live Mail displays allows you to obtain a Hotmail account you can ignore it if you are trying to setup a standard POP3 or IMAP email account.