Setting Up Your Surgemail Account in Microsoft Outlook

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial. Other mail software also have similar setups. If you need specific help with other email client software, please contact FMPWEB/Foster Enterprises.

You can always access your mail on the web at mail.yourdomain.com. You can also use the webmail interface to review SPAM, change password, create filters, and more. There is a complete guide available through a link at the bottom of the login page. It is reccommended that you read the guide before setting up any filters or other options. We do reccommend that you create a signature file for both the web interface and your desktop mail software.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.
   
2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
   
3. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.
   
4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) 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)

Your incoming server is mail.yourdomain.com, where "yourdomain.com" is the name of your domain.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

Enter mail.yourdomain.com for your outgoing mail server.


5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
6. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
7. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server". Select "Log on using" and enter the user name and password.
   
8. Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 587. THis is very important for sending mail using your own SMTP server. Some ISPs block the default port.
9. Click OK.
   
10. Click Next.
    
11. Click Finish.