This guide will show step-by-step instructions for setting up email on Outlook 2013 for Windows. While it can be used for other versions of Outlook, some screens and steps might vary.

Have the following details ready before you start:

  • Your domain name
  • Your email address
  • Your email password

Adding a new account:

  1. Select the File menu and choose Info
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  2. Click the Add Account button.
  3. Choose Manual setup or additional server types
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  4. Click Next.
  5. Choose POP.
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  6. Click Next.

Account Setting

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  • Enter your Name as you want it to appear on your outbound email messages.
  • Enter your email address.
  • Enter mail.yourdomain.com as your Incoming Mail Server.
    You would not enter “yourdomain.com” but your own domain URL.
  • The Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your Incoming Mail Server.
  • Enter your email address for the User Name. Example: [email protected]
  • Enter your email password.

More Setting

  1. Click the More Settings button.
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  2. Click the Outgoing Server tab.
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  3. Click the “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” checkbox.
  4. Make sure that it is using the same settings as your incoming mail server.
  5. Click the OK button.

Completing the Setup

  1. Click Next on the E-mail Accounts window.
  2. Click the Finish button.

Outlook 2010/2013 is now correctly configured to send and receive emails.