Outlook POP email setup
Note: ** indicates settings need to be chosen from the right panel
To set up Outlook for POP3, perform the following steps:
- In Outlook 2010, click the File tab > Account Settings button > Account Settings
In Outlook 2007, click the Tools > Account Settings - If prompted, ensure that the Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP radio button is selected, and click the Next button.
- Check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types box.
- Click the Next button.
- Ensure that the Internet E-mail radio button is selected, and click the Next button.
- Enter the following information:
- - Your Name— Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send.
- - E-mail Address— Enter your entire email address (e.g., [email protected])
- - Account Type—Select POP3 from the drop-down menu.
- - Incoming mail server - Enter the POP3 server name **
- - Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - Enter the POP3 server name **
- - User Name - Enter your entire email address (e.g., [email protected])
- - Password—Enter the password for your email account (Unless you have changed your password through your admin panel this will be the password we send you)
- Click the More Settings button.
- Click the Outgoing Server tab.
- Check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box. Leave the default setting, Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- In the Incoming server (POP3) box, enter the incoming port **
- In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box, enter the outgoing port **
Note: A POP connection normally removes the email messages from the server during download. If you would like to leave copies on the server, select the Leave a copy of messages on server check box. To avoid exceeding your account’s storage limits, indicate whether the server should delete messages after a certain number of days and/or delete messages when you manually delete them from the Deleted Items folder
- Click the OK button
- Click the Next button
- Click the Finish button
- Click the Close button.