Configuring Outlook E-mail Client

To configure your Outlook or any other e-mail client, you need to know your POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and SMTP (Simple Message Transfer Protocol) servers.  

POP3 = mail.yourdomainname.com
SMTP= mail.yourdomainname.com

To configure this e-mail client :

The next page gives you options for the type of e-mail account you want.  You should probably select "POP3", unless told otherwise.  POP 3 is the standard way to download your e-mail form the server.

• On the page that shows, enter the information as populated in this screen shot.  Please note that the name filed can appear in your receiver's address line.

You should make sure that your user name is the full assigned username "@yourdomainname.com" to be entered as an e-mail address.  i.e. if my user name was JohnD, my user name in this Outlook setup field would be JohnD@mydomain.com.

• Proceed to More Settings...
• There are a couple of things you should fill out in this section.
• When first selected, you should see the tab page "General"

  The MAIL ACCOUNT field represents what you will see in your own list of e-mail accounts.  This field you only see.
  
  The Organization field is something sent in the message header to the recipient.  You are not required to fill this out.
  
  REPLY E-MAIL - it is recommended you complete this.  If someone receives your message, this is the address that will populate their e-mail client address field if they were to click the "reply to" button once they have read the message.

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• Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication