Thursday, April 7, 2011

Set up MS Outlook 2003 e-mail in Windows

Open MS Outlook, Go to E-mail Accounts - Tools.

In the E-mail Accounts wizard window - Add a new e-mail account - Next.

Server type - choose POP3 or IMAP - Next.

In Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP), type:

Your Name - Your First Name, Last Name.
E-mail Address - Yours.
User Name - Yours (your IT dept, may have fixed your email address as your User Name.)
Password - Yours.
Incoming mail server (POP3) - your POP server details.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - your SMTP server details.

In Internet E-mail Settings window - Outgoing Server tab - select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication (if so set up by your IT dept.)

Use same settings as my incoming mail server (if so set up by your IT dept.)

In the Advanced tab, check whether the Outgoing server (SMTP) port is as set up by your IT dept. If not, change appropriately.

OK - Next - Finish.

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