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 2002, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts. (It may be necessary to extend the menu by clicking on the two downward facing arrows.)

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

For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.

On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:

1. Your Name
   Enter your first and last name.
2. E-mail Address
   Enter your e-mail address.
3. User Name
   Enter your e-mail address, again.
4. Password
   Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.
5. Incoming mail server (POP3)
   Your incoming server is mail.yourdomain.com or mail.yourdomain.co.za etc.
   
   

   Example - If your domain name is http://www.mse.com then you would write mail.mse.com. Note: please don't write the words yourdomain as in the example above the settings need to correlate with your registered domain name (or “website” address).

6. Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
   Enter the details as exactly the same above mail.yourdomain.com or mail.yourdomain.co.za etc. for your outgoing mail server.

Click "More Settings."

General Tab

Set the company name by typing in the name of your company.
Set the reply email address by filing in your complete email address 

Outgoing server Tab

On the “Internet E-mail Settings” window, click on the "Outgoing Server" tab. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
Click OK.

Completing the Setup

You should now see the “Email Accounts” window.

Click the Next button.

Click on the Finish.

Close the “Options” window by clicking on the “OK” button.