To securely set up your email account in Outlook 2010, begin by thinking about which type of email service you want to use. The 2 main options are POP3 (Post Office Protocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), the differences being that one (IMAP) interacts with the server in real-time and all messages remain on the server and are synced immediately (or at set intervals) with your computer, the other (POP) downloads all of the messages to your computer and when something is changed on your computer, like being read or deleted, the changes are "pushed" back onto the server at set intervals.
