Set Up your Account on Microsoft Outlook
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You can set up any mail client with the following settings manually, however some email clients like Outlook 2007 and Thunderbird have an automatic setup - we don't suggest setting up your mail clients automatically as the general "default" settings may not work properly.
The general rule-of-thumb settings are:
Username - This will be your full email address (ex: info@remedyblue.net) Password - This is set by you under Settings > Email Settings > Manage Email Accounts
Incoming mail server - you can use POP or IMAP (see here for an explanation of the difference between the two) and the server is yourdomainname.com (ex: nathanbaby.com)
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - yourdomainname.com (ex: nathanbaby.com)
Outlook 2007 Setup Instructions
- In the menu bar, select Tools > Account Settings...
- In the next window, select New...
- On the next window, immediately click Next as no settings need to be changed here.
- From here, click on "Manually Configure server settings or other additional server types
- Select "Internet Email" then hit "Next"
- Enter in your information. Your password will be the password you set under Settings > Email Settings > Manage Email Accounts. If it is your default email we assigned you, it will be your normal user account password. Click on "More Settings" to finish configuring Outlook.
- In this new window, be sure to go to the "Outgoing server" tab, and select the "My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires Authentication" check-box, and select "use same settings as my incoming server" Now onto the "Advanced Tab"
- In here, be sure to select SSL authentication for your outgoing server, and to use port 465 (the default port). You can use SSL authentication for incoming mail as well (993 for IMAP and 995 for POP accounts) You can read about alternate port settings for SSL authentication HERE ->Advanced Settings - SSL & alternate ports
- From here, click on Finish, and test out your mailbox.
- You may notice the following prompt when sending a message - you just need to define where sent messages will go - the default folder is fine.
