Manually Set up Your Account

Summary: Steps for entering your email information into Office Outlook.

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Instructions

If Outlook is not able to find the settings of your account or you receive errors during setup, you can manually set up your account by following these steps:

  1. Open Outlook.
     
  2. Click the File tab. Under Account Information, click Add Account. The Welcome to Outlook window appears.
     
  3. In the Advanced Options drop-down list, select Advanced Setup. The Add Account page appears.
     
  4. Select Manual Setup or Additional Server Types and then click Next.
     
  5. Select POP or IMAP and then click Next.
     
  6. Enter your account information. Click Next.
     
  7. Click More Settings and select the Advanced tab.
     
  8. Update the Server Port Numbers section with the information that you received from your email provider or from the POP and IMAP server name reference topic.
     
  9. Click Ok and then Next.
     
  10. Click Finish.

Affected Products

Microsoft 365 from Dell
Article Properties
Article Number: 000185963
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 09 Apr 2025
Version:  5
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