Setting Up Profiles The first time Outlook runs, you're presented with a setup wizard to guide you through setting up your first account and profile. The first screen asks whether you want to configure Outlook to connect to a mail server. | Setting Up Profiles The first time Outlook runs you re presented with a setup wizard to guide you through setting up your first account and profile. The first screen asks whether you want to configure Outlook to connect to a mail server. Select Yes if you re going to use Outlook for email or select No if you re using Outlook only for your calendar tasks and contacts. This rest of this section assumes that you selected Yes and are setting up an email account. If you choose No Outlook creates a no mail profile for you. To add email accounts later follow the steps in the task Add Additional Accounts to Your Profile later in the hour. The first thing you need to do is tell Outlook what kind of email account you re using see Figure . If you use multiple mail servers or have more than one account the wizard walks you through the setup of your default email account. Figure . Choose your account type from the Server Type dialog and choose Next. You have the following mail server choices Microsoft Exchange Server This option is normally used only in corporations. In most cases the administrator preconfigures Exchange accounts for you. POP3 In a POP3 account messages are typically downloaded from the server and stored locally. If you aren t sure what kind of email account you have it s probably a POP3 account. IMAP When you use IMAP the messages are stored on the email server and Outlook downloads copies. IMAP accounts are common on college campuses. HTTP HTTP is used to download Web-based email accounts to Outlook. Currently only Hotmail and MSN addresses support HTTP accounts. Additional Server Types Additional server types include Fax Services Lotus Notes Microsoft Mail Workgroup Post Offices and GroupWise. You won t have any services listed unless you ve installed the appropriate software such as the Windows Fax software or Notes connector. In most cases you won t choose Additional Server types when setting up your default email account. Select the appropriate .
