Select the radio button for POP or IMAP.Select the radio button for Manual setup or additional server types.Step #2: Manual Setup for a New Email Account If you’re modifying the settings on an existing account already configured in Outlook, click on Account Settings and then click on Change settings for this account or set up more connections and skip ahead to Step #4: Modifying an Existing Account.To set up a new email account, click the File tab and then click Add Account.Outlook 2016 Configuration Step #1: Add or Edit the Email Account Not the right version of Microsoft Outlook? Check out How to Set up Email in Outlook 2013 or How To Set up Email on Microsoft Outlook 2010.If these instructions don’t quite work for you, check out our tutorial on setting up other e-mail clients.These instructions are intended specifically for setting up an email account in Microsoft Outlook 2016.