Email Set Up on Outlook 2010 Print

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This guide will show step-by-step instructions for setting up E-mail on Outlook 2010 for Windows. While it can be used for other versions of Outlook, some screens and steps might vary.

Adding a new account:
Select the 'File' menu
Select Info
                                                            Click the Add Account button              
                                               
 Add Account
                                             Choose Manually configure server settings                                            
 Manually Configure
Click Next
Choose Internet E-Mail                                                                      
  Manually Configure
Click Next
Account Settings
                                                                                                                 
 Account Settings
Enter your name as you want it to appear on your outbound email messages
Enter your full email address
Enter your full email address also as the User Name
Enter your email password
Your mail server is mail.YourDomain.com, eg mail.example.com (where YourDomain.com is your own domain name)
The Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your incoming mail server

More Settings
Click the More Settings button                                                            
 More Settings
                                           
Click the Outgoing Server tab                                                              

Outgoing Server Tab

Check the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" checkbox Check "use the same settings as your incoming mail server"
Click the Advanced tab                                                                       

Advanced
If you are using POP3 with SSL, click the checkbox and enter 995 as your port. Otherwise leave the default 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, click the checkbox and enter 993 as your port. Otherwise leave the default port at 143
If you are using SMTP with SSL, click the checkbox and enter 465 as your port. Otherwise change the non-default port to 26
Click the OK button
Testing Settings

While on the E-mail Accounts screen, click the Test Account Settings button

Test Account Settings
This will both check your settings and send a test email to yourself to confirm that everything is working. If you receive any errors, please check your configuration
Click the Close button on the Test Account Settings window
Click Next on the E-mail Accounts window
Click the Finish button
Outlook 2010 is now correctly configured to send and receive emails

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