Outlook 2010: Accessing Account Settings Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 1 Minutes, 4 Seconds to Read Often, it will be necessary to review your account settings in Outlook 2010. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to access the account settings for the Outlook 2010 email client. If by chance you are looking for the set up guide please see our setup guide for Outlook 2010. To review the account settings, you will first need to open Outlook 2010: Once you have Outlook 2010 open, click on the “file” tab on the top left labeled “File“: Then, select “account settings” as highlighted in the screenshot below and click on the popup box: Now, you will see all the email accounts you have set up in Outlook. Double-click on the account you wish to view the account settings for: On this following screenshot you can edit your incoming and outgoing servers, email address and login information: If you click on “More Settings” in the lower right corner you will be able to see more details about your account: Click on the “Outgoing Server” tab and it will display settings for the outgoing (SMTP) server. Next, click on “Advanced“. The advanced tab will display the port numbers to use for incoming and outgoing mail. Congratulations! At this point you should know how to review all the account settings associated with your email account in Outlook 2010. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles How to subscribe to specific IMAP folders in Outlook 2010 How to Setup Outlook 2013 to Check Your Email Creating an email account in Outlook 2003 Prevent Outlook from Sending the Winmail.dat File How to Setup Outlook 2016 for Windows How to Set Up your Email in Outlook 2010 How to Set Up your Email in Outlook 2011 for Mac How to Check your Email with Microsoft Outlook 2007 Outlook 2010: Accessing Account Settings
I reviewed the support documentation for Outlook 365 and they indicate that you need to add the email account through the advanced setup option. You will need to have your secure email settings on hand to complete the setup.
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Sept 12, the link is still wrong. There is no instruction for 2016, and the screens are different from 2010.
