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This lesson explains how to configure your Hover email account in Outlook 2007 using POP3.

If this is your first time opening Outlook:

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Open Microsoft Outlook.

If you are configuring Microsoft Outlook for the first time, it will automatically launch a startup wizard. If you receive the screen displayed above, click on Next.

Select Yes to configure an email account and click Next.

If you have used Outlook before:

If you have already used Microsoft Outlook, open Outlook and then click on the Tools menu and select Account Settings.

Under the Email tab click on the New button.

If you have existing accounts you will see this screen:

Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and click Next.

If you have no existing accounts, you will be taken directly to this screen:

Enter the following settings:

Your Name: Enter your name as you wish it to appear on your outgoing messages.

Email Address: Enter your full Hover email address.

Password: Enter your Hover email password.

RetypePassword: Enter your Hover email password again.

Put a check next to Manually configure server settings or additional server types and then click Next.

Enter the following settings:

Your Name: Enter your name as you wish it to appear on your outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter your full Hover email address.

Account Type: Select POP3
Incoming mail server: mail.hover.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.hover.com

User Name: Enter your full Hover email address.
Password: Enter your Hover email password and put a check next to Remember password.

Click on More Settings.

Select the Outgoing Server tab.

Put a check next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

Select the Advanced tab.

Enter the following settings:

1. Put a check next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
2. Next to Use the following type of encrypted connection: select SSL.
3. Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port from 25 to 465.
4. If you want to keep copies of your messages on our email server, we recommend selecting Leave a copy of messages on the server and Remove from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items'.

Click OK.