Email may be directly routed to and from just about any email software program on the market. The following describes each step to set your account up through the Microsoft Outlook email client. While instructions are specific to the steps taken in Microsoft Outlook, other email clients or software programs are similar.

To set up a new email account in Microsoft Outlook:

1. Open Outlook. Click on Tools, then Accounts.
2. Click the Mail tab in the Internet Accounts dialog box.
3. Click Add, then choose Mail.
4. Enter the Display Name, or the name that should appear when someone receives email from this account. Click Next.
5. Enter the mail account's email address in the Email address text box. Click Next.
6. Choose the mail server POP3.
7. For Incoming server use: mail.yourdomain.com (where yourdomain.com is replaced with your domain name).
8. For your outgoing server you need to use the appropriate SMTP setting for your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you are unsure what this setting is, you can contact your IPS's technical support (see below for more information and a list of outgoing mail server settings for many of the common ISPs).  Click Next.
9. Enter the email address in the Account Name text box.
10. Enter the email account password. Click Next.
11. Select the Internet connection used - dial-up, LAN, etc. Click Next. Click Finish.
12. Repeat steps one to ten for each account set-up.
13. To send and receive mail, click Tools on the menu bar, Send and Receive, then the mail account.

You can find a list of outgoing mail server settings for many of the common ISPs by clicking here.

Last update: 05:23 PM Tuesday, December 8, 2009