Setup an email account in Outlook 2013 website tutorial
Open Microsoft Outlook 2013
Click
File
Click
Info
from the left side menu
Click
Account Settings
Select the
Account Settings...
option from the drop down
Under the
Email
tab, click
New
Note:
If you're making changes to an existing account, under the Email tab you will see a list of email accounts that exist within Outlook 2013, double click on the email account you wish to make changes to, then skip to step 9
Select the
Manually configure server settings or additional server types
radio option
then click
[Next]
Select the
POP or IMAP
option and click
[Next]
Complete the empty fields:
Your Name:
The name you wish displayed when people receive your emails
Email Address:
The email address you are sending email from
Account Type:
Select POP3 or IMAP from the drop down
Note: Read our POP vs IMAP article for more information about the two types of protocols
Incoming mail server:
mailX.prohosting.com
(Do not use mailX.prohosting.com. Please check the Email Setup Info in the Netadmin control panel for the correct server)
Outgoing mail server:
mailX.prohosting.com
(Do not use mailX.prohosting.com. Please check the Email Setup Info in the Netadmin control panel for the correct server)
User Name:
Your full email address. eg. johnsmith@example.com
Password:
The password used for this email account
It is up to the end user to decide if they want to create a new Outlook Data File or not, this choice does not affect the connection to our servers
Click
[More Settings]
Select the
Outgoing Server
tab
Select
My outgoing mail sever (SMTP) requires authentication
and
Use same settings as incoming mail server
Select the
Advanced
tab.
Users can choose whether to use SSL or not, both are supported on our servers
Without SSL Encryption
This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) =
Unselected
Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) number to
587
Use the following type of encrypted connection =
None
With SSL Encryption
This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) =
Selected
Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) number to
465
Use the following type of encrypted connection =
SSL
Note: Enabling SSL on shared email services can cause some warnings to appear in your email software. Read through our
SSL on shared email servers support page for more information about these warnings.
Click
[OK]
Click
[Next]
then
[Finish]
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