How To Set Up Outlook 2003 POP3 Email

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.
   
   
2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
   
   
3. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.
   
   On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:
   
   





Your Name
Enter your first and last name (e.g. John Smith).

Email Address
Enter your full e-mail address.


User Name
Enter your full e-mail address again.


Password
Enter the password you have had set up for your e-mail account.




Incoming mail server (POP3)
Enter mail.yourdomain.com.au for your incoming mail server.


Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
Enter your ISP mail server address (e.g. mail.bigpond.com, mail.optusnet.com.au, mail.internode.on.net).

Click Next.

Click Finish.