How to set up Outlook for POP3 Email
- 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.
- On the Server Type window, select POP3 and click Next.
- On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, in the Your Name field, type your first and last name.
- In the E-mail Address field, type your e-mail address.
- In the User Name and Password fields, type your user name (email address) and password, and then specify whether you want Outlook to remember your password.
- In the Incoming mail server (POP3) field, type the name of your incoming server mail.mydomain.com, where "mydomain.com" is the name of your domain.
- In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, type mail.mydomain.com, where "mydomain.com" is the name of your domain.
- Click the "more settings" button.
- Select the "Advanced".
- Make sure "leave a copy of the message on the server" is checked.
- check "Remove from server after" and set how many days you wish to leave messages (we recommend no more than 5 days if you expect a lot of email traffic)
- also check "Remove from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items' "
- Click the "ok" button.
- Click "test account settings" in the "E-Mail Accounts" window;
if you have entered all of the correct information your email account is now synchronized with Microsoft Outlook.
Note: Depending on your ISP (Internet Service Provider) you may need to use a different SMTP settings (step 8), this information should be in your user guide.