How to Set up Email Account in Microsoft Outlook

Communicating through emails is an important part of our life now a days. Whether you use it for business or personal, most people have their own email account.

Setting up an email account in Google, Yahoo and MSN is easy. But the way to do it in Microsoft Outlook is different. That is why there are some people, like myself when I was new to it doesn't know how to set up an account. So I am sharing here with you step by step on how to set up your own e-mail account in Microsoft Outlook.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

1. In Microsoft Outlook, from tools, select Account Settings / E-mail Accounts.

2. On the Account Settings/E-mail Accounts wizard window, select New/Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.

3. For your server type, select POP3 or IMAP, and then click Next.

4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP) window, it will ask you the following:

Your Name
Your first and last name.
E-mail Address
Your email address.
User Name
Your email address, again.
Password
Your email account password.
Incoming mail server (POP3)
POP, Pop.secureserver.net or IMAP, imap.secureserver.net.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
Smtpout.secureserver.net

Click More Settings.

NOTE: "smtpout.secureserver.net" is an SMTP relay server. In order to use this server to send e-mails, you must first activate SMTP relay on your e-mail account. Log on to your Manage Email Accounts page to set up SMTP relay. If you do not have SMTP relay set up and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allows it, you can use the outgoing mail server for your Internet Service Provider. Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.

5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab.

6. Mark a check on My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.

7. If you did not change the SMTP relay section, select Use same settings as my incoming mail server. If you changed the user name and password in the SMTP relay section of your Manage Email Accounts page, select Log on using and enter the user name and password. The following example assumes you did not change your SMTP relay section in your Manage Email Accounts page.

8. Go to the Advanced tab, and then change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port to 80 or 3535.

9. Click OK.

10. Click Next.

11. Click Test Account Settings to check if the email account is working. If there is an error sending and receiving, check again the account settings you entered. Make sure that the information you entered are correct.

12. Click Finish.