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headline: Outlook 2007
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# Outlook 2007

To add a SendGrid SMTP server to an existing Outlook 2007 setup, follow these steps. You can also add these settings at the account creation stage.

Click **Tools** and then select **Account Settings**.

![Outlook 2007 Tools menu with Account Settings highlighted.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/cb40e0ebca430a61f73c9765e1aeee6e35686b02b91e1c07b6ee7615b85c3005.png)

The 'Account Settings' window appears. Select the account you receive email through and click **Change**.

![Outlook 2007 account settings showing email accounts and change option.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/046f7effb608c11d70eda5919211922fb62ca77f7a70a8fed36e93bd793972e7.png)

The following 'Change email Account' window appears. This setting (in the red rectangle below) needs to be set for our SMTP address.

![Account Settings change mail.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/046f7effb608c11d70eda5919211922fb62ca77f7a70a8fed36e93bd793972e7.png)

After you are finished, click **More Settings**. The following 'Internet email Settings' window appears. Click **Outgoing Server** and input the settings shown (username and API key are your SendGrid credentials).

> \[!NOTE]
>
> Your SendGrid username may not necessarily be an email address. If your SendGrid username is example\_user, enter example\_user in the User Name field, not [example\_user@sendgrid.com](mailto:example_user@sendgrid.com).

![Outlook 2007 email account settings with SMTP server smtp.sendgrid.net.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/a45e9dde9bc0ed5c108d83e026f3d49585addf088e8656821fd05639365c6261.png)

Next, click **Advanced** and enter the information as shown below. (Keep in mind you can also use port 25 with no security or 587 with TLS security).

![Outgoing server settings with SMTP authentication and login credentials.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/bd1bc86b6ec4d7a2b970d02b747b982c83097c3a883a5eb2b1a3577b81cfa183.png)

Click **OK**. You should return to the 'Change email Account' window. Click **Test Account Settings** to verify you are able to receive and send mail successfully.

![Change email account settings with user and server information fields, and test account settings button.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/fa3324c623dd05eaf12e0f757c8be9214af9d8f659fb4e2c0412a535c0bc7f88.png)

You should see the results below; if you do not, verify your settings are correct. Click **Close** button.

![Test account settings completed successfully with close button highlighted.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/3f370f865fdde313773afcfc10cea61af2d9866fb90b82ff7d0a9581d60a52e3.png)

Click **Next** and then **Finish** to complete the setup.

![Outlook setup completion screen with Finish button highlighted.](https://docs-resources.prod.twilio.com/1465f631872ed2605299c28152cfe88ef120676664f7dcf4a32f5c47d85c2763.png)

You are all set to send mail through us.

> \[!NOTE]
>
> Unfortunately, there is not an easy way to add SMTP API headers to a message in Outlook 2007.