Tag: Email Accounts
Understanding Outlook Configuration & Profiles
All versions of Outlook create and utilize an <Outlook Profile> before it can be used. On a new machine (or one that has been reformatted) where Outlook has been installed for the first time, Outlook will require that an Outlook profile be created which for the vast majority of people includes the configuration of at […]
Understanding Email Accounts and Email Clients
The Email Account As described in “Understanding the Email Process“, an email account for the purposes of these series of articles is defined as the server location where your email address resides and email gets delivered or in short, the term “email account” is used synonmously with the term “email address”. However, there is one […]
Understanding Outlook Default Folders versus Default Account
It becomes very important to understand the significance of “Default” email accounts and data files especially when migrating from one version of Outlook to another on a different machine. For a quick video summary of the topic The “default” email account and data file is set via Outlook Account Settings.The first email account configured in […]
Understanding Basic Email Definitions
Email Account For individuals, the term “email address” and “Email Account” mean one and the same thing. A virtual location on a server managed by an Email Service Provider (ESP) for recieving and sending email. What additional information can be stored with this email account is determined by the ESP. In Outlook, the email accounts […]
