We’ve begin to notice what a challenge it can be to configure an email address through Microsoft Outlook. We decided the most efficient way to tackle this reoccurring issue is to create an online tutorial. Without further ado lets get started!

Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010

• Go to Tools –> Account Settings. (In Outlook 2010 this can be found by going to File –> Account Settings.)
• Dialog box pops up and opens to “Email” tab by default. At the top left of the dialog box hit “New…”.
• Check off “Manually configure server settings or additional server types” and hit “Next”.
• Select the “Internet Email” option.
• Input requested info (Name, Email). If you will be configuring your email account on a smart phone as well as Outlook choose the “IMAP” option under Server Information –> Account Type. If you will only be using your email through Outlook choose “POP3″ under the Server Information –> Account Type setting. Incoming mail server/Outgoing Mail Server should be set to “mail.ohmedia.ca”.
• Logon Information.. Username should be your email, Password should be your email password.
• After entering the details, press “More Settings …” In the “Outgoing Server” tab, check the checkbox labelled “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”. There should also already be a mark beside “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.
• In the “Advanced” tab, immediately beneath the “Incoming server (IMAP):” or “Incoming server (POP3):” line, find the box labelled “Use the following type of encrypted connection:” and select “SSL” from the dropdown.
• Click OK.
• When all info is input and correct hit “Test Account Settings”.
• You will be prompted to login using the Username/Password you just set up. (Remember: Username is your email, Password is your email password.)
• Outlook will run a test login and email, if configuration is set up correctly you will see two green check marks beside each task. Hit close on the test account settings.
• Click “Finish” in the main dialog box and you’re done!