I need help getting started

Laura

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Oct 3, 2008, 11:18:01 AM10/3/08

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I have Office 2007 and I am having trouble getting my e-mail address
configured with Outlook. I get to the point where they want me to log into
the server but when I input my information it doesn't accept it. I don't know
what I am doing wrong. PLEASE HELP!

Gordon

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Oct 3, 2008, 11:28:01 AM10/3/08

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"Laura" <La...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Go to the website of your Mail provider - I expect they will have a detailed
page on how to set up Outlook.

Jonathan Morningstar

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Oct 3, 2008, 12:11:31 PM10/3/08

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Laura,
I agree with Gordon. Make sure that you have your email address, user id
(usually your email address), password, incoming and outgoing servers.

Who is your email provider?

Respectfully,

Jonathan Morningstar
Greenville, South Carolina USA

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Laura

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Oct 3, 2008, 12:36:00 PM10/3/08

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I use Yahoo

Gordon

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Oct 3, 2008, 12:44:31 PM10/3/08

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"Laura" <La...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I use Yahoo
>

OK - is that yahoo.com and if so is it a paid-for account?

Laura

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Oct 3, 2008, 12:55:00 PM10/3/08

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it is yahoo.com and it is not paid for..I am guessing I need to pay to get
the version that will work? if so... id there any that I can use that I do
not have to pay for?

Gordon

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Oct 3, 2008, 1:58:49 PM10/3/08

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"Laura" <La...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> it is yahoo.com and it is not paid for..I am guessing I need to pay to get
> the version that will work? if so... id there any that I can use that I do
> not have to pay for?
>

That's correct - yahoo.com will not allow POP access unless you pay for it.
If you're in UK or (I think) France you can have a yahoo.co.uk or .fr
account which will allow free pop access.
The only other option which allows free POP access is a Googlemail
account...

Alias

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Oct 3, 2008, 2:56:04 PM10/3/08

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Any yahoo domain other than .com or .ca will work. Their
pay-for-an-email account plan didn't exactly take off ;-)

Alias

Jason

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Oct 3, 2008, 7:50:59 PM10/3/08

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I don't pay for it but you will not be able to log in until you have gone
into mail options on there website and enabled POP access.

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Jason

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Oct 3, 2008, 7:49:52 PM10/3/08

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I was going to say you don't normally use the full email address for the
logon name - this applies to ISP's. I think Yahoo just uses just the logon
name without yahoo.

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Gordon

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Oct 4, 2008, 2:45:24 AM10/4/08

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"Jason" <JAl...@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I don't pay for it but you will not be able to log in until you have gone
>into mail options on there website and enabled POP access.

Then you must have a Yahoo account that is NOT Yahoo.com - Yahoo.com ONLY
allows POP access if you have paid for the account.

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]

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Oct 6, 2008, 8:06:24 AM10/6/08

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"Laura" <La...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> it is yahoo.com and it is not paid for..I am guessing I need to pay to get
> the version that will work? if so... id there any that I can use that I do
> not have to pay for?

Take a look at this:
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et_getyahoofree.htm
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]