Today we are going to talk about how to setup a pop account in outlook. Before we get started you need to know the following things:
- Email address
- Password
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Mail server
Step 1: Click on Tools -> Account Settings Step 2: New
Step 3: Choose Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and click Next
Step 4: Check mark Manually configure server settings or addition server types and click Next You can try filling out the requested information first. If it doesn’t work then proceed with step 4.
Step 5: Choose Internet E-mail and click Next
Step 6: Fill in the requested information and then click More Settings
Step 7: Make sure that My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked then click OK Also if you are a home user you will want to click on the Advanced tab and change the smtp port (your mail provider should give you the port number).
Step 8: Click on Test Account Settings
Step 9: if it doesn’t work it will tell you the following, however if it does you will get 2 green check marks and status will say Success
Step 9: Once you have a success test click Next
Step 10: Congratulations! Let me know if you have any problems with this page. J