In order to view emails sent to your new POP3 account via Microsoft Outlook, please follow these instructions for set up:
- In Outlook, select Tools / Account Settings
- On the Email tab, click the New button
- Click the Next button
- Check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types checkbox
- Click the Next button
- Click the Internet E-mail button
- Click the Next button
- Enter the following information:
- Your Name—Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send
- E-mail Address—Enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com), using all lowercase letters
- Account Type—Select POP3 from the drop-down menu
- Incoming mail server—Enter the following server name: secure.emailsrvr.com
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP)—Enter the following server name: secure.emailsrvr.com
- User Name—Enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com), using all lowercase letters
- Password—Enter the password for your email account
- Check the Remember password checkbox, if you want Outlook to check for email without prompting you to enter your password
- Click the More Settings button
- Click the Outgoing Server tab
- Check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox. Leave the default setting to, Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click the Advanced tab
- Check the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) checkbox
- In the Use the following type of encrypted connection dropdown, select SSL
- Enter the following information:
- Incoming server (POP): 995
- Outgoing server (SMTP)*: 465
* If you are unable to use port 465, you can use one of the following alternate SMTP ports: 587 or 8025
A POP connection removes email from the server during download. If you want to access these messages from other email clients, check the Leave a copy of messages on the server checkbox, and set preferences as desired.
- Click the OK button
- Click the Next button
- Click the Finish button
- Click the Close button
Note: Outlook’s Test Account Settings tool will often indicate that the connection was not successful, though your settings are correct. Please disregard the Test Account Settings tool.