If you are using Outlook 2000 or 98 in "Internet Mode" you should jump to the configuration guide for Outlook Express

Background

In Corporate Mode, each aspect of Outlook is configured as a "Service". A typical Outlook configuration includes:

• Personal Folders
• Outlook Address Book
• Internet Email Service

If you are already using Outlook with another ISP, you will already have a Personal Folders and an Outlook Address Book. If this is the case, please go to the Adding an Internet Mail Service section.

If this is your first time using Outlook, please follow the Outlook Setup Wizard Guide.

During the installation you might be prompted to insert your Outlook/Office installation CD. Please ensure that this is available before beginning the procedures below.

Adding an Internet E-mail Service

1. Start-up Outlook and click Tools->Services

2. In the Service window click the Add button, select "Intenet E-mail" and click OK

3. Follow steps 6 to 13 in the Wizard section below

4. Click OK

5. Close the Services window, exist Outlook and re-enter it to use the new Internet E-mail service

Outlook Setup Wizard Guide

1. When you start-up Outlook for the first time, the Setup Wizard will appear. If it doesn't click on Tools->Services.

2. In the Setup Wizard window, click on "Use the following information services"

3. Place a tick in the Internet E-mail box and click "Next"

4. You might be prompted for a Profile Name. If so, choose an appropriate name (anything)

5. You might be prompted for you installation CD, after which the screen below should appear. Click "Setup Mail Account"

6. Fill in your details in the details tab

7. Click on the Servers tab

8. In the [Incoming mail….server] box, type pop.netservers.co.uk

9. Users subscribed to our Email Virus Filtering service should enter av1.netservers.co.uk in the [Outgoing mail(SMTP) server] box. Others should enter mail1.netservers.co.uk.

10. Enter the Login and Password given to you be Netservers.

11. Tick "Remember password" and ensure that "Logon using Secure Password Authentication" is un-ticked.

12. Tick the "My server requires authentication" box

13. To secure the connection to your mailbox with SSL encryption, click the "Advanced" tab and tick both "This server requires a secure connection" boxes. The port number for SMTP is usually 25, although port 465 is also a valid SSL-SMTP port. Outlook will automatically select port 995 for POP3-SSL (incoming server).

14. Click OK to return to the Setup Wizard window and click Next

15. You will now be prompted for the name and location of your Personal Folders (PST) file. It shouldn't be necessary to change the default setting, so click "Next"

16. You should now see the screen below. Click "Finish", and test your new email account. It may be necessary to exit Outlook and re-enter for this account to work.