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Upon starting up Microsoft Outlook 2007, you must have noticed a pop-up window asking you to configure your e-mail account. Microsoft Outlook supports various email accounts, viz. POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and few HTTPs. On most of the occasions, Microsoft Outlook auto-configures your e-mail account after you key in your username and pasword, unless you opt for the manual procedure. This requires information from your Internet Service Provider. If you are using Microsoft Exchange, your network and server related information are identified by Outlook automatically. The E-mail Profile on Microsoft Outlook Many users have vague or insufficient knowledge about e-mail profiles on Microsoft Outlook. A profile can be referred to as a repository of your account, data and settings pertaining to your e-mails. The moment you launch Microsoft Outlook, it creates a profile for you by default. The same profile is used for every subsequent log ins. It also gives you the option to create multiple e-mail profiles so that you can add multiple accounts to it. On the other hand, Microsoft Outlook also allows you to create multiple accounts to one particular profile. Based on your requirement, you can add a POP3 or IMAP to your account. It does not limit adding accounts to a profile, excepting the permissible limit of one Microsoft Exchange account. This article will guide you in creating a POP3, IMAP and HTTP e-mail account How to create a new profile and account on Outlook? After launching Microsoft Outlook from the Start menu or clicking the desktop shortcut, you will be greeted by a Welcome window. This will be followed by the configuration wizard that will guide you with the account creation procedure. Hereafter, click ‘Next’ to launch the ‘Add New E-mail Account’ window. Put in the necessary details like your username, pasword and re-type pasword along with the domain name. If you want to set up the profile manually, check the ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ box. Otherwise, click on ‘Next’. Your e-mail account will be auto-configured by Microsoft Outlook. Once done with the steps, click on the ‘Finish’ button to begin work on Microsoft Outlook. It should update the inbox with all the mails within a few minutes. If it fails to do so, click on ‘Send/Receive’ button located at the top. You can also locate the ‘Send/Receive’ button from the ‘Tools menu’ if it does not appear on the top bar. On some occasions, users have witnessed Microsoft Outlook’s repeated failure to populate the inbox. If this happens to you, go for a re-configuration, but manually this time. How to create a different account on an existing profile? Before you start configuring one more e-mail account, end the current Outlook session. Go to Control Panel and click open ‘Mail’. Log on to ‘Show Profiles’ and select the one in which you want to add an account. Then click on ‘Properties’ and enter the ‘Mail Setup’ window that Outlook will display. When you enter the setup window, you will require opening the ‘E-mail Accounts’ to get to the ‘Account Settings’ window. Select ’New’ and in the ‘Add E-mail Account window’ select the type of account viz. IMAP, POP3 or HTTP, as per your requirement. After that, follow the same steps mentioned above to complete the process. How to create a different e-mail account on a new profile? Get to the ‘Show Profiles’ from Control Panel as instructed above. On this window, you need to click on ‘Add’ for adding a different profile to Microsoft Outlook. Thereafter, a ‘New Profile’ window will be displayed to you. Henceforth, follow the steps mentioned above under ‘How to create a new profile and account on Outlook’ section. The processes detailed in this article are aimed at new users of Microsoft Outlook 2007 for creating multiple e-mail accounts. It also gives briefs to users on the different types of e-mail accounts that are commonly used. You can now create POP3, IMAP and HTTP type accounts on Outlook without any trouble. Besides, you can simultaneously categorize them into separate profiles in order to organize you work and personal mails in one place. For further information on e-mail configuration, refer to various web pages via the internet.
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