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How do I use Outlook 2000 to check POP E-mail?

Setup A New Account - Outlook 2000

 

To configure Outlook Please follow these steps.

Open Microsoft Outlook.

At this point, Outlook 2000 will open to the setup wizard to help you setup your email account.

Display Name:

Please enter your name.

Replace with: Your Name

Click Next.

 

Internet E-mail address:

This is where you type in your Domain email address.

Replace with: youremail@yourdomain.com

Click Next

 

E-mail Server Names:

Enter your Incoming and Outgoing mail server. Make sure you have POP selected for the incoming mail server type.

Incoming mail:
Replace with: pop.yourdomain.com

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:
Replace with: smtp.yourdomain.com

Click Next

Internet Mail Logon:

Enter your Account name (Email address) and Webmail password.

Account Name:
Replace with: youremail@yourdomain.com

Password:
Enter your Webmail password here..

Click Next

Internet Connection

Put a dot in 'I will establish my Internet connection manually'.

Click Next

Congratulations

Click Finish.

At this time, Outlook will build the Outlook Toolbar, and then open up your Inbox.

Go to the Tools menu, click Accounts.

Click on the Mail tab at the top. You should see your new account listed here. Select it and click Properties.

Click the Servers tab at the top.

At the bottom of the screen:

Outgoing Mail Server:
Put a checkmark beside 'My server requires authentication'

Click on the Settings button to the right.

Make sure the dot is in the first option, 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server' and click the OK button.

Click the OK button.

Click on the Servers tab.

Set the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) port number to 587

You have successfully configured your WebMail account into POP mail.

NOTE:Should you encounter problems with sending email out using smtp.yourdomain.com, you may be required to use your ISP's smtp server. Please refer to the following information: Using your ISP's smtp server to send email


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