Setting Up Microsoft Outlook

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. On the File menu, click Info. The Account Information page appears.
  3. Click Add Account. The Add New Account dialog box appears.
  4. Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, and then click Next.
  5. Select Internet E-mail, and then click Next.
  6. Under User Information, in the Your Name text box, type the name that you want to appear on messages you send.
  7. In the E-mail Address text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
  8. Under Server Information, in the Account Type list box, select the type of incoming mail server that you want to use:
    • If you want to use POP, select POP3.
    • If you want to use IMAP, select IMAP.
  9. In the Incoming mail server text box, type either mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name or the hosting server name for your account.
  10. In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) text box, type either mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name or the hosting server name for your account.
  11. Under Login Information, in the User Name text box, type the full e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel (for example, webmaster@example.com).
  12. In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.
  13. If you do not want to retype the account password every time you start Outlook, select the Remember password checkbox.
  14. Click More Settings.
  15. Click the Outgoing Server tab.
  16. Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.
  17. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
  18. Click the Advanced tab. If you want to use a secure SSL/TLS connection to the mail servers (and we strongly recommend that you do), use the following settings:
    • If you are using POP for incoming mail, in the Incoming server (POP3) text box, type 995, and then select the This server requires an encrypted connection(SSL) check box.
    • If you are using IMAP for incoming mail, in the Incoming server (IMAP) text box, type 993, and then in the Use the following type of encrypted connection list box, select SSL.
    • In the Outgoing server (SMTP) text box, type 465, and then in the Use the following type of encrypted connection list box, select SSL.
  19. Click OK.
  20. In the Add New Account dialog box, confirm the Test Account Settings by clicking the Next button check box is selected, and then click Next. Outlook tests your incoming and outgoing mail settings. If the tests complete successfully, go to the next step. Otherwise, review the settings you used in steps 6 to 18, and then try again.
  21. Click Close, and then click Finish.