Outlook 2003 / XP Setup
Please Note: The following account information is just an example.
You will put in your own name,
e-mail address and password where appropriate.
1. Open Outlook and click on Tools > E-Mail Accounts
2. To Change an existing email account
Choose "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click Next. Click here for the next step (2c).
To Add a new e-mail account
Choose "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
2b. Choose POP3 and click Next. Go to Step 3.
NOTE: This section also applies to making changes to an existing account
3. Changing or Adding an account will bring up the following main screen
User Information
Enter your name and e-mail address. This what the e-mail recipient will see as the Sender Name and e-mail address.
Server Information
Replace the "yourdomain.com" part with your domain name (after the " @" sign in your email address).
Example: Your email address is joe@mycompany.com. Enter "email.mycompany.com" for both the incoming and outgoing server names.
Logon Information
Enter your e-mail address and password. Checkmark remember password.
4. Click the More Settings button.
The Properties window will display the General tab first. You can put "Mynex" here or anything that best describes this email account.
Organization and Reply e-mail can be left blank unless you want reply emails to go somewhere else.
8. Now click the Outgoing Server tab.
Checkmark "My outgoing server requires SMTP authentication".
Also select "Log on to incoming mail server before sending mail".
9. OPTIONAL: Click on the Advanced tab.
If you have trouble sending out email
The default port 25 may not work with some internet providers because of special firewall rules, etc.
Change the Outgoing Server SMTP port to 2525.
"Leave a copy of messages on the server"
Checkmark this ONLY if you will be away from your desktop for a period of time and would like to view new messages via your mobile PC, PDA, Blackberry, etc.
It is recommened you do this on your remote devices instead.
Remember, each email account on our server has a specific amount of disk space (quota) assigned to it. Once it is used up, incoming e-mails will be bounced back to their sender.
10. Click OK. Then, on the previous window, click Next then Finish.
11. You're all done! Check for new e-mail manually by clicking the "Send / Receive" icon.