Be sure to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.
- Your/Display name: anything you want
- Email address: enter the full address (name@yourdomain.com)
- Type of connection: POP3 or IMAP
- Incoming mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing mail server does require authentication.
- Incoming mail port: 110 for POP3, 143 for IMAP
- Outgoing mail port: 25 (If 25 does not work, try 26, as some ISPs block port 25)
** No SSL boxes should be checked **
Note: If you want a secure connection using SSL, please refer to the related article.
- Username/Account name: must be the full email address (name@yourdomain.com).
- Sometimes this setting won’t work until you replace the @ with a + in the username.
- Password: the email password. Do NOT use SPA (secure password authentication).
To see a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure Outlook 2003/2007:
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Outlook 2010 is exactly the same as other versions of Outlook, but finding the settings is slightly different. Just go to File > Info > Account Settings. Next, under the Email tab, you can choose New or Change
Thanks for this. Microsoft does like to move their menus around without substantially changing functionality. I love Outlook, though.
I haven’t used Outlook is what feels like ages, but I think it’s only been a couple years or so. I don’t tend to steer towards anything Microsoft, but sometimes work places will have you use it as a company email, so I’ll keep this in mind.