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 and even Outlook Express. You should be able to set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

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

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

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3. or your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.

 

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4. 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 complete e-mail address, again.

Password
Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.

Incoming mail server (POP3)
Your incoming server is mail.coolexample.com, where "coolexample.com" is the name of your domain.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
Enter your Internet Service Provider's (such as Earthlink, Roadrunner, Charter, etc.) SMTP. You may have to contact your ISP for this information. For this example, we are using one of Earthlink's SMTP settings; smtp.earlthlink.net for your outgoing mail server.

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4. Click Next.


5. Click Finish.