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Outlook 2003
This guide will show step-by-step instructions for setting up E-mail on Outlook 2003 for Windows. While it can be used for other versions of Outlook, some screens and steps might vary.
- Select the 'Tools' menu.
- Select Accounts.
- Click on the "Add a new E-mail account" option.
- Click the Next button.
- Please choose your account type. You may select either POP or IMAP. Click here for an explanation on the differences between POP3 and IMAP.
- Click the Next button.
You will be presented with the E-mail Accounts window.
- Please enter your name, as you want it to appear on your outbound E-mail messages.
- Please type your E-mail address.
- Enter your E-mail address for the User Name.
- Enter your E-mail password.
- Please enter your mail server. This can be found in the E-mail Accounts section of the cPanel under Configure Mail Client. It will be something like mail.yourdomain.com.
- The Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your incoming mail server. Again, this will be something like mail.yourdomain.com.
- Click the More Settings button.
Advanced Settings
You will be presented with a pop-up window with advanced settings.
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
- Click the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" checkbox.
- Make sure that it is using the same settings as your incoming mail server.
- Click on the Advanced tab.
- If you are using POP3 with SSL, please click the checkbox and select 995 for your port. Otherwise leave the port at 110.
- If you are using POP3, you may choose when messages are removed from the server.
- If you are using IMAP with SSL, please click the checkbox and select 993 for your port. Otherwise leave the port at 143.
- If you are using SMTP with SSL, please click the checkbox and select 465 for your port. Otherwise change the port to 26.
- Click the OK button.
Testing Settings
- While on the E-mail Accounts screen, click the Test Account Settings button.
- Click the Close button on the Test Account Settings window.
- Click the Next button on the E-mail Accounts window.
- Click the Finish button.
You should now be able to send and receive mail.