if you'd like to set up a new or
additional Outlook account it's really
very easy you can use Outlook as your
local email client if you have an email
account through your internet service
provider or a webmail service this will
allow you to receive email through
Outlook rather than these other services
before you begin you'll need to know
your email address username and password
and the incoming and outgoing mail
server information you'll need to get
this information from your ISP or email
provider once you have that information
you can begin if this is your first
Outlook account the wizard will start
automatically when you open outlook
since I already have one Outlook email
account I need to select tools email
accounts from the main menu this
launches the email accounts wizard the
email accounts wizard will walk me
through the necessary steps to set up my
account I'm going to click add a new
email account and choose next next I
need to choose the server type most ISPs
and webmail services use pop3 servers
some providers such as AOL use IMAP
regardless of which choice you make here
the following wizard screens will be the
same my email server uses pop3 so I'll
choose that and click Next now I need to
type in my name and my email address
and I also need my incoming mail server
and my outgoing mail server remember
this is the information that you got
from your ISP or webmail service finally
I need to put in the username and the
password for my current email account
once you've put in all of this
information Microsoft's suggest that you
click test account settings when you
click this button the wizard will look
at everything you've entered if there's
a problem it will flag you and you can
correct the mistakes for now let's click
Next
the wizard lets you know that you've
entered the information successfully
click finish now whenever you launch
outlook you'll be able to receive the
email that's come to you through your
internet service provider or webmail
service