Configuring your email client: Outlook 2007
- Open Outlook 2007.
- Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings.
- Click on the Email tab and click on the New... button.
- Next select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP and click Next.
- On the Auto Account Setup window check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
NOTE:
(mt) Media Temple does not support this feature on our mail servers, so you should not use the Auto Account Setup feature.
- Select Internet E-mail option and click Next.
- Fill in the following fields:
- Enter Your Name as you want it to appear.
- Enter your full email address username@mt-example.com in the Email address: field.
- Select POP3 or IMAP.
- Enter mail.mt-example.com in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: field.
- Enter mail.mt-example.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field.
- Enter your username username@mt-example.com in the Account name: field.
- Enter your email password in the Password: field.
- Perform the following steps:
- Click on More Settings...
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
- Check My outgoing server (SMTP) Requires Authentication
- Make sure Use same setting as my incoming mail server is also checked.
- Click on OK.
- Click the Test Account Settings button and you should see all items with green check marks... Click theClose Button to close the test window.
Click OK to save your settings. - Congratulations. You have finished the setup of your email account. Click Finish to close the setup wizard.
NOTE:
NOTE: (gs) Grid-Service accounts only: If you are still having issues sending email you can try the following:
- Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts.
- Highlight the email account and click Change.
- Click the Advanced tab, and change the smtp port to the alternate port of 587 then click on OK.