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You can access Standard and Advanced mailboxes using Microsoft Outlook 2007.

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 POP3 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: In the Incoming mail server (POP3) text-box, enter your POP3 mailserver - e.g. mail.yourdomain.co.uk (As supplied in your email setup guide from WebHunter)

If this is a Standard mailbox 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.