Setting up Email In Outlook

July 30th, 2009

These instructions show you how to set up your email account in Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook.

  1. In Microsoft Outlook, from the Tools menu, select E-mail Accounts.
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  3. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
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  5. For your server type, select POP3 or IMAP, and then click Next.
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  7. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, enter your information similar to the example shown:
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  9. Select the ‘More Settings…’ button, then on the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab and:
  10. • Make sure that the ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ checkbox is unchecked
    • Click OK

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  11. Select the ‘Test Account Settings…’ button
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