Email Setup for Microsoft Outlook®:
7. On the E-mail Server Names screen, set your incoming mail server as POP3. Next, set your Incoming Mail Server to your mail domain, for example: pop3.yourdomain.com. Next, set the Outgoing Mail Server to smtp.yourdomain.com. Then click Next.
8. On the Internet Mail Logon screen you will enter your Login Information. Make sure that you leave the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) box unchecked. Next, enter your Account Name (which is username@yourdomain.com), then your Password for that username (makesure that you capitalize what is capitalized and leave lower-case what is lower-case). To continue click Next.
9. Outlook® then asks you for your Connection Type. If you are a Stand-alone user (your computer is not directly connected to a any other computers to provide you with internet access), select either Connect using my phone line or I will establish my Internet connection manually. The first option begins dial-up to your internet service provider (ISP) automatically when Outlook Express opens, the second option requires you to initiate dial-up on your own. If you are part of an office network or home network, select Connect using my local area network (LAN). After making your selection, click Next.
10. Once completed, Outlook® will congratulate you on your successful setup. Click Finish to save your account.
11. There are two final steps that needs to be completed. From the Internet Accounts screen, select the email account you just created. Once selected, click the Properties button.
12. In the Properties box, select the Servers tab. Once you are on the Servers screen, make sure that the My server requires authentication box under Outgoing Mail Server. If you do not check this box you will be able to check your email, but you will not be allowed to send email. Once checked make sure and click Apply to save your changes.
13. Next, select the Advanced tab. Once you are on the Advanced screen, change the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box (under Server Port Numbers) from 25 to 587. Then click Apply to save your changes.
14. Congratulations! You have successfully setup your email account in Outlook®.
Setting Your New Email Account As Your Default Email Account
1. In the Internet Accounts screen select the Mail tab and highlight the account you just created. To set it as the default, simply click the Set as Default button. To finish, just click Close. **NOTE: if the account you created is the only account, it will automatically be set as default by Outlook®.
2. Congratulations, you are done! To send an email with the new account, simply click New on the main Outlook® toolbar, enter the email address of the person you are sending the email to, and compose the message. Once finished, just click Send.
