Add an email account to Outlook

Add an email account to Outlook

You can setup your email account(s) in your Microsoft Office Outlook to send and receive emails.

To add an email account in your Microsoft Office Outlook:

  1. Open Microsoft Office Outlook.
  2. Select File > Add Account.



  3. What you see next depends on your version of Outlook.

    For Outlook for Office 365 and Outlook 2016 For Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

    Enter your email address and click Connect.

    Enter your name, email address, and password, and click Next.


  4. If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook.

  5. Select File > Account Settings > Account Settings.



  6. Select the email account you want to change, then select Change.

  7. On the settings page, you can update your incoming and outgoing server names, your email address, your name, your user name, and your password.

    Incoming mail server name: mail.yourdomain.com
    Outgoing mail server name: mail.yourdomain.com
    Username: [email protected]
    Password: enter your password

  8. Click the Outgoing Server tab.

    - Check "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
    - Check "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".

  9. Select "Advanced" tab

    - Change "Outgoing server (SMTP)" to 587
    - Do not check this box "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)"
    - Set the "Use the following type of encrypted connection" to None.

  10. Click "Next" button.

  11. Click "Finish" Button


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Date Created:
8/2/2018
Last Updated:
8/2/2018