How to configure an cPanel based e-mail account in Outlook Express? Print

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If you have an email account set up on the server, you may want to configure Outlook or Outlook express to send/receive email from this email address. To configure Outlook to connect to your account, please do the following:

1. Open Outlook express
2. At the top in the menu, click “Tools
3. Click the accounts link
4. Select the mail tab
5. Click the add button
6. Click Mail
7. In the Display name field, type the name you wish to associate with this email. This is only for your purposes. It doesn’t matter what name you use in this field.
8. Click the “Next” Button
9. In the field to the right of “E-mail address” type the full email address including the domain name.
10. Click the “Next” Button
11. The incoming and outgoing server will always be mail.yourdomin.com unless your ISP requires you to use their outgoing mail server, or if the mail server is on a completely different server that your domain.
12. Type the incoming and outgoing mail server and click the “Next” Button
13. The account name will be the full email address. Provide this information the field to the right of “Account name”
14. In the password section type the password for the email
15. Click the “Next” Button
16. Then click Finish

you can click Send and receive and you can receive and send email.


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