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.

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.
   
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.co.uk for your incoming mail server. (replace 'yourdomain.co.uk' with your actual domain name.


Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

Enter mail.yourdomain.co.uk for your outgoing mail server. (again, replace 'yourdomain.co.uk' with your actual domain name.)

Click "More Settings."

NOTE: you may need to use your ISP's outgoing mailserver (if using orange or bt internet broadband). Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.


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". If you changed the user name and password in the SMTP relay section of your Manage Email Accounts page, select "Log on using" and enter the user name and password. Click OK.
8. Click Next.
   
9. Click Finish.
   

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