How to Setup Outlook 2013

This guide will show step-by-step instructions for setting up email on Outlook 2013 for Windows. While it can be used for other versions of Outlook, some screens and steps might vary.

Adding a new account:

1. Open Outlook and select the File menu.

2. Choose Info and click the Add Account button.

3. Choose Manual setup or additional server type and click the Next button.

4. Choose the POP or IMAP option and click on the Next button.

5. POP and Account Setting.

• Your Name: Enter your full name as you want it to appear on your outbound emails.
• Email Address: Enter your email address.
• Type: Click the drop-down menu and select IMAP or POP. We recommend IMAP.
  Mail Servers: mail.example.com, where example.com is your domain name.
• User Name: Enter your email address again.
• Password: Enter your email password.
• Check the box to remember your password. 

6. Click the More Settings button.

7. Go to the Outgoing Server tab and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires an authentication box.

8. Make sure it's using the same settings as your incoming mail server.

9. Go to the Advanced tab.

10. Port numbers

      If you are using POP3 with SSL, please enter 995 for your port. Otherwise leave the port at 110.
      If you are using POP3, you may choose when messages are removed from the server.
      If you are using IMAP with SSL, please enter 993 for your port. Otherwise leave the port at 143.
      If you are using SMTP with SSL, please enter 465 for your port. Otherwise change the port to 25.

11. Click the OK button.

Completing the Setup

1. Click Next on the E-mail Accounts window.
2. Click the Finish button.

Outlook 2013 is now correctly configured to send and receive emails.