Configuring Microsoft Outlook With a New Email Account
To add an email account to Microsoft Outlook, perform the
following steps. Your version of Outlook may be a
bit different, but the instructions and screen shots should
walk you through the process.
1. First, open Outlook and from the Tools menu choose accounts
(or e-mail accounts).
2. Next, choose the option to add a new e-mail account.
3. Choose POP3 as the account type and press Next.
4. Enter your name and email address. For the incoming
and outgoing servers enter mail.<yourdomain>.com
where <yourdomain> is your
actual domain name. For User Name enter your full
e-mail address, and
enter the same password you
assigned to this e-mai account from your control panel.
Then, press More Settings.
5. From the More Settings dialog box (pictured below) press
the Outgoing Server tab.
6. Check the box that says "My outgoing server (SMTP)
requires authentication.
Also, make sure the "Use
same settings..." option is selected underneath it.
NOTE TO MACINTOSH USERS: Macintosh users have reported that when
using Outlook Express they cannot use the default "Use same settings..."
option. Instead, they must choose the option to specify the user name and
password, using the same settings as previously entered for the POP3
account. If you are on a Macintosh and are experiencing problems
sending or replying to email, try this tweak!
7. Your new e-mail account setup is complete! Press
the OK button(s) to complete
your entries and create the
new e-mail account. Then, press Send/Receive to
test retrieving e-mail through
the new account, and test sending an e-mail to
make sure your smtp authentication
is configured correctly.
If you cannot receive e-mail, double-check your user name
and password entries.
Make sure your user name is your full email address!
If you can receive but not send, your smtp authentication
may not be set up
correctly. Double-check step 6 above to verify
your settings.
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