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WWW.OFFICE.COM/SETUP BLOGS: INTRODUCTION
This article is provided as a courtesy to our customers to help you configure your Outlook software to work with (mt) Media Temple's hosting solutions.
Third-party software can not be supported directly by (mt) Media Temple. If you have further questions about configuring Outlook, please visit http://support.microsoft.com/.
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REQUIREMENTS
Before you start, be sure you have these handy:
Your domain name: example.com
Your email address: username@example.com
For more information, please read this article: Creating a POP/IMAP email account.
Your email password.
CONFIGURE OUTLOOK 2011
Open Outlook 2011.
If this is your first time using Outlook 2011, you'll see a welcome banner like the one in Figure 1.Outlook-00.jpg - www.office.com/setup
Figure 1: Click image for a larger view.
If you are adding another email account to Outlook, from the top menu, click on Tools. Then click on Accounts. See Figure 2.Outlook11-01.jpg - www.office.com/setup
Figure 2: Click image for a larger view.
Click on the Email Account icon, see Figure 3.Outlook11-02.jpg
Figure 3.
This window is where you enter your email information, see Figure 4 below.
Figure 4: Enter your email account information in this window.
Enter Your Name as you want it to appear.
Enter your full email address username@example.com in the Email address: field.
Select POP3 or IMAP. We recommend IMAP. Learn more about the differences here.
Enter your full email address, username@example.com, in the User Name field.
Enter your email password in the Password: field.
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If you experience any difficulty with the default outgoing SMTP Port 25, you can check the box Override default port and enter 587. We also strongly recommend using SMTP and port 465 with Outlook. For more information, please see:
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