Create a mailbox in Outlook

Email is increasingly replacing conventional mail services. The number of s who send correspondence over the Internet is increasing day by day. In this sense, special programs are needed to facilitate this task and make receiving and sending e-mail more comfortable. One of these applications is Microsoft Outlook. Let's see how you can create an email mailbox in the Outlook.com mail service and then connect it with the mentioned client software.

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You can your email with the Outlook.com service using any browser. Type Outlook.com in the address bar of your browser. The web browser will redirect you to live.com. If you already have a Microsoft , which is the same for all of its services, you just need to enter your phone number, email address or Skype name and click Next.

If you don't have a Microsoft , click "Create one."

The Microsoft enrollment form opens before us. At the top of it, enter your name and surname, the random name (it is important that it is not occupied by anyone), the you have invented for your (2 times), the country of residence, the date birth and sex.

At the bottom of the page, an additional email address (from another service) and a phone number are recorded. This is done so that the can better protect their , and in case of loss, to be able to restore access to it.

Make sure to enter a captcha for the system to that you are not a robot, and click "Create an ".

After that, an entry appears in which you have to request a code by SMS to confirm that you are a real person. Enter your mobile phone number and click the "Send code" button.

Once the code has reached your phone, enter it in the corresponding form and click on "Create an ". If the code does not arrive for a long time, press the "Code not received" button, and enter another phone number (if available), or try again with the old number.

If OK, after clicking "Create ", the Microsoft welcome screen will open. Click the triangular arrow on the right of the screen.

In the next window, specify the language in which you want to view the email interface and set your time zone. Once you have specified these settings, click the same arrow.

In the next window, choose a background theme for your Microsoft from those offered. Click the arrow again.

In the last window, you have the option to specify the original signature at the end of the messages you send. If nothing changes, the signature will be the standard one: "Sent: Outlook". Click on the arrow.

Then a window opens indicating that an Outlook has been created. Click on the «Next» button.

The is moved to his in the Outlook mail.

Linking an to a client program

Now you have to link the created in Outlook.com to the Microsoft Outlook program. Go to the File menu section.

Then click on the big " Settings" button.

In the window that opens, on the "Email" tab, click the "Create" button.

The service selection window opens before us. We leave the switch in the position «Email », where it is by default, and click on the «Next» button.

The settings window opens. In the column "Your name", enter your first and last name (or alias), with which you ed in the Outlook.com service. In the "Email Address" column, specify the full address of the previously ed Outlook.com mailbox. In the following columns "" and " ", enter the same that you entered when ing. Then click on the "Next" button.

This starts the process of connecting with your Outlook.com .

A dialog box may then appear in which you must re-enter the name and for your Outlook.com and click "OK."

When the automatic setup is complete, a message will appear telling you so. Click on the "Done" button.

You will then need to restart the application. This will create a custom Outlook.com profile in Microsoft Outlook.

As you can see, creating an Outlook.com mailbox in the Microsoft Outlook application consists of two steps: creating an through the browser in the Outlook.com service, and then linking that to the Microsoft Outlook client program.

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