Outlook Configuration
How to Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook 2003
(or similar versions)
- In Microsoft Outlook, from the E-mail Accounts drop-down menu, select Tools.
- Select Add a new e-mail account, click Next.
- For your server type, select POP3, click Next.
- On the Internet E-mail Settings window, enter your information as follows:
- Your Name: How you want your name to appear in In-Boxes/Messages
- E-mail Address: Your email address. (example: name@mydomain.com)
- User Name: Your full email address, again. (example: name@mydomain.com)
- Password: Your email account password as provided by BHD hosting or other host
- Incoming mail server (POP3): mail.mydomain.com
(mydomain.com is replaced with your site's actual domain name and extension) - Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.mydomain.com
(mydomain.com is replaced with your site's actual domain name and extension)
DO NOT select "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)" - On the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
- Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click Test Account Settings - you should receive notification of a successful test.
- Click Next/Ok.
- Click Finish.
Click More Settings.
Other versions of MS Outlook and Outlook Express have minor variations in the process or terms, but are predominantly the same. For more help, visit Microsoft's Email Support pages.