How to configure an email account in Outlook

Posted: March 26th, 2016

 

 This tutorial assumes you've already created your new email account in your web hosting account..... typically through your hosting control panel

 

Now let's learn how to setup that new email account in Outlook, so you'll be able to send/receive emails to/from that new email account from here

 

Important Information: Some of these steps may not apply to you.

 

1) Start Outlook.

 

2) On the File menu, click Info, and then click Account Settings.

 

3) Select Account Settings from the drop-down list.

 

4) On the Email tab, click New, select Email Account, and then click Next.

 

5) Click to select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types check box, and then click Next.

 

6) Click Internet E-Mail, and then click Next.

 

7) In the Add New E-mail Account dialog box, click Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next.

 

    Note: Configure the new email account. You can configure the new email account automatically or manually.

 

8a) To configure the new email account automatically, in the Add New E-mail Account dialog box under Auto Account Setup, follow these steps:

 

     1) In the Your Name box, type your full name.

 

     2) In the E-mail Address box, type your email address.

 

         Note: Your ISP provides this information. Your email address usually takes the form of a combination of your first and last name and the name of your ISP, separated by the at sign (@) and periods.

 

    For example, Ijebu Egba uses an ISP that is named awanio.com. The ISP may assign an   email address of *** Email address is removed for privacy ***.

 

     3) In the Password box, type the password that your ISP provided.

 

     4) In the Retype Password box, retype the password, and then click Next to begin the Auto Account Setup process.

 

         Outlook 2010 will try to automatically configure your account settings and server settings. If your account is successfully configured, the Add New E-mail Account dialog box indicates that the account was created successfully. This dialog box also indicates the type of email server to which you are successfully connected.

 

     5) Click Finish, and then click Close to complete the account setup.

 

            Note: If automatic configuration fails, the account must be configured manually.

 

 8b) To configure the new email account manually, follow these steps in the Add New E-mail Account dialog box:

 

       1) Click to select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types check box, and then click Next.

 

      2) Click Internet E-mail, and then click Next.

 

     3) Under User Information, follow these steps:

 

         a) In the Your Name box, type your full name.

 

         b) In the E-mail Address box, type your full email address.

 

                 Your ISP provides this information. Your email address usually takes the form of a combination of your first and last name and the name of your ISP, separated by the at sign (@) and periods.

 

                  For example, Ijebu Egba uses an ISP that is named awareo.com. The ISP may assign an email address of *** Email address is removed for privacy ***.

 

      4) In the Account Type box under Server Information, click to select the type of email account that you have.

 

          If you clicked POP3 or IMAP in the Account Type box, follow these steps:

 

                a) In the Incoming mail server box, type the name of the server. This is the server that holds your messages before you download them to the computer. Type the server name in lowercase letters. The name may be in the form of "mail.awareo.com" Or, the name may be in the form of an IP address, such as 72.133.0.0.

 

                b) In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type the name of the outgoing email server. Type the server name in lowercase letters. The name may be in the form of "smtp.aware.com"  or "mail.aware.com" Or, the name may be in the form of an IP address, such as 72.133.0.0.

 

          If you clicked HTTP in the Account Type box, follow these steps:

 

                a) In the HTTP Service Provider box, click the appropriate service provider for this account. For example, click one of the following:

 

                    >   Hotmail

 

                    >   MSN

 

                    >   Other

 

                b) If you clicked Other in the HTTP Service Provider box, type the URL to the mailbox in the Server URL box.

 

       5) Under Logon Information, follow these steps:

 

                a) In the User Name box, type your user name. The user name is usually the part of your email address that is to the left of the at sign (@).

 

                b) In the Password box, type the password that your ISP provided.

 

                c) If you want Outlook to remember your email account password, click to select the Remember password check box.

 

        6) If your ISP requires it, click to select the Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box to log on by using Secure Password Authentication.

 

        7) Click Test Account Settings. This feature calls a dialog box that shows in a step-by-step manner each testing phase of the configuration that you entered. When you click Test Account Settings, the following process occurs:

 

           > The connectivity of the system to the Internet is confirmed.

 

           > You are logged on to the SMTP server.

 

           > You are logged on to the POP3 server.

 

           > It is determined whether the POP3 server must be logged on to first. If it is required, Outlook automatically sets the Log on to incoming mail server before sending mail option.

 

           > A test message is sent. This message explains any changes that Outlook made to the initial setup.

 

        8) To make additional changes to your email account, click More Settings to open the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.

 

        9) Click Next, and then click Finish.