Step 1: Open Outlook 2007, click Tools in the top menu, then click Account Settings.
Step 2: Select the E-mail tab and click New.
Step 3: Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP from the list of available server types, then click Next.
Step 4: Select Manually configure server settings of additional server types and click Next
Step 5: Select Internet E-mail and click next.
Step 6: Enter your name in the Your Name text-box and your email address in the E-mail Address text-box
Step 7: Enter and confirm your mailbox password in the Password text-box, then select Remember password.
Step 8: Depending upon your favoured connection type. Select POP3 or IMAP from the drop down menu.
In the Incoming mail server text-box, enter your POP3 mailserver - e.g. mail.yourdomain.co.uk
If this is a Standard mailbox and you connect with a provider other than Fasthosts Broadband or Dial, follow your provider's instructions for setting up their SMTP server, then skip to step 13.
Step 9: In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) text-box, enter smtp.fasthosts.co.uk.
Step 10: Click on More Settings
Step 11: Click the Outgoing Server tab and tick My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
Note: Some ISPs will block port 25 for sending emails. If this is the case with your ISP you should click the Advanced tab and change your outgoing SMTP port from 25 to 225.
Step 12: Click OK
Step 13: Click the Test Account Settings button and correct any errors that it identifies.
Note: Outlook's Test Account Settings procedure occasionally fails even if the account settings are correct. If it repeatedly fails and you are certain that the account settings are correct, skip to step 12, then test your setup by sending an email to yourself.
Step 13: When the test gives you the message Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click the Next button, then click the Finish button.