POP Email Setup: Microsoft Outlook

Follow the steps below to set up a new email account on Microsoft Outlook.

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To start, you'll first have to obtain your POP server name, username and password from your email/hosting supplier. You will also need your SMTP server name from your Internet connection provider.

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Start up Outlook, and from the Tools menu, select Email Accounts. You will be presented with the dialogue box below.


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Select Add a new e-mail account from the list, and press the next button.

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The next dialogue looks like this:


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Select POP3 from the list, and press the next button.

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Fill in the required fields (as shown in the diagram below) with the information your Internet service provider and hosting/email provider gave you. Click on Test Account Settings to check your settings (this will report any error messages - check the details you have entered if any errors occur).


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Once you are complete, click next. Then click finish - you're done!