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How to setup Outlook Anywhere

Outlook 2010 (When it has not been previously configured)

  1. Open Outlook and on the Outlook Start Up Wizard screen, click Next.
  2. On the E-mail Accounts screen, click Yes to the question about configuring an email account.
  3. On the Auto Account Setup screen, complete the Name, email address and password boxes. Click Next.
  4. You may then be presented with a Microsoft Outlook box asking for username and password which you should complete, tick the box next to Remember my credentials and click OK.
  5. A screen will come up saying Configuring email server settings.  You need to see 3 green ticks and the message.  Your e-mail account is successfully configured.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. Outlook will open and you will get a message Outlook is setting up a local copy of your mailbox. It may be several minutes until all your data is available.
  8. Outlook is now setup.

 

Outlook 2010 (When it has already been configured for an email account)

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. Click File, Account Settings and from the drop down list select Account Settings.
  3. On the email accounts screen click New.
  4. On the Choose Service screen ensure E-mail account is selected and click Next.
  5. On the Auto Account Setup screen, complete the Name, email address and password boxes. Click Next.
  6. You may then be presented with a Microsoft Outlook box asking for username and password which you should complete, tick the box next to Remember my credentials and click OK.
  7. A screen will come up saying Configuring email server settings.  You need to see 3 green ticks and the message.  Your e-mail account is successfully configured.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Outlook will open and you will get a message Outlook is setting up a local copy of your mailbox. It may be several minutes until all your data is available.
  10. Your mailbox will be listed in the left hand pane along with any other email accounts you have set up.

 

Outlook 2007 (New accounts and when Outlook has been previously configured)

  1. Make sure Outlook is closed.
  2. Click ‘Start’ -> ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘Mail’.
  3. Click ‘E-mail Accounts’ -> ‘New’.
  4. On the ‘Auto Account Setup’ screen, complete the Name, email address and password boxes. Click Next.
  5. You will then be presented with a Microsoft Outlook box asking for username (email address) and password which you should complete.  Click OK.
  6. A screen will appear saying Configuring email server settings.  You need to see 3 green ticks and the message. Your e-mail account is successfully configured.
  7. Click Finish.
  8. Open Outlook.  A Microsoft Outlook box asking for username (email address) and password will appear which you should complete.  Click OK.  Note. Unlike Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007 has no option to select ‘remember my password’ so you have to enter this information every time Outlook 2007 is launched.
  9. Outlook is now setup.

 

Adding additional shared mailboxes

Add shared mailboxes to Outlook in the same way you would when directly connected to the network,  Instructions can be found here.