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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

In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.


 

On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.

 

For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.

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 www.yourdomain.com for your incoming mail server.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
Enter your IP gave you, such as: smtp.verizon.net, etc.

 

    Click "More Settings."
    *NOTE: Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.


    On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
    Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
    You need to contact your Internet Provider and ask them if your outgoing mail requires authentication. If so, check the box that states, "My outgiong server (SMTP) requires authentication.  If not, leave this complete area blank and go to the next step. 
    If it does require this box being checked, click the second circle that states "Log on using".  Then enter in the username and password that your Internet Provider assigned to you when you set your the account.

     

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    Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 25.

    Click OK.


    Click Next.


     

    Click Finish.

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