Microsoft Outlook 2013

Set up your email account using Microsoft Outlook 2013.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2013.

2. Click ​‘File’ in the top left corner of the screen, then click ​‘Add Account’.

3. Select ​‘Manually Configure Server Settings’, then click ​‘Next’.

4. You should now be asked for your account information, under the ​‘User Information’ heading fill in your name or your company’s name and the email address you’re using. Under the ​‘Server Information’ heading the ​‘Incoming Mail Server’ needs to be set to ​‘mail​.your​do​main​name​.co​.uk’. In the ​‘Outgoing Mail Server’ box enter your internet service provider’s outgoing mail server (if you don’t have this information enter the same details that are in the ​‘Incoming Mail Server’ box). Under the ​‘Log on Information’ heading enter your user name (usually your email address for this account) and enter your password.

5. If you entered ​‘mail​.your​do​main​name​.co​.uk’ in the ​‘Outgoing Mail Server’ box click ​‘More Settings’ and select the ​‘Outgoing Server’ tab and tick the ​‘My Outgoing Server (SMTP) Requires Authentication’ box and click ​‘OK’.

6. Click ​‘Next’ and this should take you through testing your settings and after this you can click ​‘Close’.