Follow the steps below to setup Outlook 2010 to retrieve and send email from our mail servers (replace "yourdomain.com" with your actual domain name).
- Open Outlook.
- Click the "File" tab, then select "Account Settings…" This will bring up the Account Settings Window.
- On the "E-mail" tab, select "New…" This will open up a wizard.
- In the "Choose Service" window, select "E-mail Account" and click "Next >"
- In the "Auto Account Setup" window, select “Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and click "Next >"
- In the "Choose Service" window, select "Internet E-mail" and click "Next >"
- In the "Add New Account" window
o User Information
§ Your Name: The name you want to appear in outgoing emails (e.g. John Smith)
§ E-mail Address: The email address you want to appear in outgoing email (e.g. John@youdomain.com)
o Server Information
§ Account Type: Select "IMAP" for Account Type
§ Incoming mail server: mail.youdomain.com
§ Outgoing mail server: mail.youdomain.com
o Logon Information
§ User Name: The user’s full email address (e.g. John@youdomain.com)
§ Password: The user’s email account password.
§ Make sure "Remember Password" is checked.
- Click on the "More Settings …" button.
- Click on the "Outgoing Server" tab.
- Make sure "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" is checked and "Use same settings as my incoming server" is selected.
- Click on "Next >" Outlook will perform some tests to make sure the settings are working correctly. Close the "Test Account Settings" window when it’s done.
- Click on "Finish" to end the wizard.
Note: SMTP default port is 25, alternative port is 8889
Article ID: 52, Created: July 2, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Modified: April 19, 2018 at 7:46 PM