Before you set up your email account, you need to now a couple of things.

First is the method of accessing your email which will generally be either POP3 or IMAP.

Secondly, you will need to know how your host accepts email that you send. Normally this will be through
SMTP authentication.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.

On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.

For your server type, select "POP3" or "IMAP" (dependant on your provider) and click Next.

On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP) window, enter your information as follows:

Your Name: Enter your first and last name.
E-mail Address: Enter your e-mail address.
User Name: Enter your e-mail address, again.
Password: Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.
Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP): Enter your incoming mail server. (generally this will be
mail.yourdomain.com)
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Enter mail.yourdomain.com for your outgoing mail server.(generally this will
also be mail.yourdomain.com)

To set up SMTP Authentication, click "More Settings."
On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
Click Next.
Click Finish.

That's it! Microsoft Outlook should now check for and download any email waiting for you on your server.

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