Configure Emails on Outlook

Follow these steps to configure emails on outlook

  • Open Outlook
  • Click File, then Add Account

  • Next, select ‘Manually configure server settings’ or ‘additional server types’, then click Next

  • Choose Internet E-mail, then click Next

  • Enter required email information

    • Enter Your Name as you want it to appear.
    • Enter your full email address for ex. yourname@example.com in the ‘Email address’ field.
    • Select POP3 or IMAP.
    • Enter mail.example.com in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: field.
    • Enter mail.example.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field. To avoid common authentication issues with Outlook, we strongly advise using SSL and port 465 for SMTP connections.
    • Enter your full email address, username@example.com, in the User Name field.
    • Enter your email password in the Password: field
  • Click on More Settings

  • Click on the Outgoing Server tab. Check My outgoing server (SMTP) Requires Authentication. Make sure Use same setting as my incoming mail server is also checked. Click on OK.

  • Click the Advanced tab, and change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port to the alternate port of 465, with SSL encryption, then click on OK.

  • Click the Test Account Settings button and you should see all items with green check marks… Click the Close Button to close the test window.
  • Click OK / Finish to save your settings.
Published On: May 15th, 2018 / Categories: Digital Marketing /