Set up - Outlook

If you have an e-mail account to go with your site, follow these instructions to set up your e-mail account on your PC.

It may be easier to follow if you print this page before starting.

Start Outlook, you do not need to be on-line to set up the new account.

• Select TOOLS from the menu bar
• Select E-MAIL ACCOUNTS from the dropdown
• New screen opens
• Select the MAIL tab
• Select ADD A NEW E-MAIL ACCOUNT button
• When done click NEXT
• New screen opens.
• Select POP3
• When done click NEXT
• USER INFORMATION:
  In YOUR NAME - enter your name as you wish it to display
  In the E-MAIL ADDRESS - enter the actual e-mail address that will be used, ie: yourname@yoursite.com.
  (Italic part needs to be changed to reflect your actual details and the 'yourname' part must reflect the details I put on the server and must be in lower case).
• SERVER INFORMATION
  In INCOMING MAIL (POP3) enter mail.yoursite.com
  In OUTGOING MAIL (SMTP) enter mail.yoursite.com
• LOGON INFORMATION
  In USER NAME - enter your full e-mail address (eg: yourname@yoursite.com)
  In PASSWORD - enter your password (all lower case)
  Make sure that the REMEMBER PASSWORD box is ticked
  Ensure that the LOG ON USING SECURE PASSWORD box is unticked
• Click on MORE SETTINGS
  Click on the Tab OUTGOING SERVER
  The checkbox MY OUTGOING SERVER (SMTP) REQUIRES AUTHENTICATION must be ticked
  Then ensure that the first 'radio' button (USE SAME SETTINGS AS MY INCOMING MAIL SERVER) is selected
  Press OK to return to main set up screen
• TEST ACCOUNT SETTINGS button - press this to test the connection
• Press next
• Click FINISH
  

When you next go on line and check for mail, the new account will also check the server for mail

To send mail from your new account:

• Create a new e-mail
• Your should have button visible called ACCOUNTS - this will allow you to choose the account name you want to send from

To make your new account the default ie: your main e-mail address, (any others will still work fine):

• Select TOOLS and E-MAIL ACCOUNTS as above
• Select VIEW OR CHANGE EXISTING E-MAIL ACCOUNTS
• Select the e-mail account to be made the default account (highlight it)
• Press the SET AS DEFAULT BUTTON on the right of the dialogue box
• All done

NOTE:

Some ISP's have started blocking 3rd party accounts (ie: like the above set up). Should you encounter problems sending e-mails from your site e-mail address take the following actions:

• Start Outlook, you do not need to be on-line
• Select TOOLS from the menu bar
• Select E-MAIL ACCOUNTS from the dropdown
• Press NEXT
• Select and highlight the e-mail account
• Press CHANGE button on the right
• New dialogue box opens
• Select MORE SETTINGS (lower right)
• New dialogue box opens
• Click the ADVANCED tab
• You will see OUTGOING MAIL (SMTP) and an entry box next to it. The current entry will probably be 25, if not, make a note of the number
• Change this number to 8025
• Press APPLY and then OK
• Close the mail box
• All done

FURTHER NOTE FOR AOL USERS:

AOL have in place further restrictions on using mail clients other than their own
If you have AOL as a primary method of connecting to the Internet then follow the instructions above, but set your OUTGOING MAIL to 587