Configuring MS Outlook 2003/2007 as a POP3 client

The following instructions will configure your Outlook 2003 as a POP3 client.

Your e-mail account is also accessible via the web browser (Webmail) at the URL: http://mail.yourwebsitename.com 

1. Launch Outlook.
2. Click Tools. Then select Email Accounts.
3. Select Add a new email account
4. Click Next
5. Select POP3
6. Click Next
7. Enter your Name and Email Address in the User Information Section
8. Enter the Server Information as follows:
   a. Incoming POP3 mail server: mail.yourwebsitename.com
   b. Outgoing SMTP mail server: (Please enter your ISP’s Outgoing SMTP Server, for example smtp.comcast.com or smtp.rogers.com), kindly call your local ISP to get the correct Outgoing SMTP server info and the type of authentication they require).
9. Enter your Logon Information as follows:
   a. Username: Enter your full e-mail address: yourname@yourwebsitename.com (for example: Rob@yourwebsitename.com)
   b. Password: Enter your account password, check the “remember password box”.
10. Click More Settings
11. Click the Outgoing Server tab
12. Check the box next to “My outgoing server requires authentication”
13. Select “Log on using” – type in your ISP’s e-mail address (for example: Rob@verizon.net), type in your ISP’s password, check the “remember password” box.
14. Click the “Connection tab”; ensure that “Connect using my local area network is selected.
15. Click the Advanced tab, under “Delivery Options” – We recommend that you uncheck option “leave a copy of messages on the server (this will conserve your mailbox space on the mail server).
16. Click OK
17. Click Next, Click Finish