Adding an Email account to Outlook XP/2003
Interactive Guide
To view an interactive guide to setting up Outlook, please click here.
Quick Guide
- From the "Tools" menu, select the "Email Accounts" option
- Select the "Add a new e-mail account" option and click "Next"
- Select the "POP3" option, then click "Next"
- Enter your name and email address as you want them to appear in the "From" field in outgoing email (e.g. John Smith, info@example.com) in the two boxes on the left
- In both server boxes on the right, enter "mail." followed by your domain name, e.g. "mail.example.com"
- Enter your email username and password in the two boxes on the left
- Make sure that the SPA box is not ticked
- Click the "More Settings" button
- Select the "Outgoing Server" tab
- Tick the box labelled "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
- Select the option labelled "Use same settings as my incoming mail server"
- Click "Ok"
- Click "Next"
- Click "Finish"
Your new account is now ready to use. Click "Send/Receive" to being downloading your email.
