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.

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.
   
   
   
   
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 username (accountname+yourdomain.com yes, with the "+" sign! )

Password

Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.

Incoming mail server (POP3)

Your incoming server is yourdomain.com, where "yourdomain.com" is the name of your domain.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

Your outgoing mail server is yourdomain.com, where "yourdomain.com" is the name of your domain.

 

NOTE: Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) require you to use their SMTP server. If you test your account and everything works except for your SMTP connetion, this is likely the case. Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting, or copy it from another working account that is already set up.

 

5. Click the Test Account Settings button. If you receive all green checkmarks, you have successfully setup your account. If you receive any red x's, please review the instructions.
   
   
   
   
6. Click Finish.