Setting Up Your E-mail in Microsoft Outlook

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial. You can also use these settings for modifying an email account.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.
   
   
   
   
   
2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
   Note: to View or Change an exiting account, select that option.
   
   
   
   
   
3. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:
   
   
   
   • Your Name
   • Enter your first and last name.
     
     
   • E-mail Address
   • Enter your e-mail address.
     
     
   • User Name
   • Enter your e-mail address, again.
     
     
   • Password
   • Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.
     
     
   • Incoming mail server (POP3)
   • Enter mail.yourdomain.com for your incoming mail server.
     
     
   • Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
   • Enter mail.yourdomain.com for your outgoing mail server.
     
     
   • Click "More Settings."
     

   

5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
   
   
6. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
   
   
7. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".
   
   
   
   
   
8. Select the "Advanced" tab and click on the Use Defaults button - (POP3 110) (SMTP 25).
   • Click OK, Click "Test Account Settings..." button to test your settings. If OK, Click Next.
   • If that fails, try changing the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 80.
   • Click OK, Click "Test Account Settings..." button to test your settings. If OK, Click Next.
   • If that fails, try changing the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 2525.
   • Click OK, Click "Test Account Settings..." button to test your settings. If OK, Click Next.
• If that fails - call 800-516-3037 for help
  
  
9. Click OK.
   
   
   
   
   
10. Click "Test Account Settings..." button to test your settings. If OK, Click Next.
    
    
    
    
    
11. Click Finish.