How to add another person’s mailbox to your Outlook 2010 profile

Owned by Karl Hoffner
Last updated: Aug 31, 2017
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This guide will show you how to add another user's mailbox to your Outlook 2010 profile.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Open Outlook 2010.
  2. Click on File.

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  3. Under the Info header, click on the Account Settings button and then on the Account Settings tab.
  4. Click on Change.

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  5. Click the More Settings button.

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  6. Click on the Advanced tab and then click on Add.

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  7. Enter the email address of the delegated mailbox in the Add mailbox field.

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  8. Click on Apply and then on OK. Outlook will now be busy accessing the other mailbox’s data, so this may take a while.
  9. Back on the Change Account window, click on Next and then on Finish.
  10. Close the Account Settings window. You should now see both mailboxes in your Outlook profile.

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