Outlook 2000

Article No. 186
Created: 04:05 AM 12.26.03
Author: HPU Support [Link: support@homepageuniverse.com]
Original URL: https://my.homepageuniverse.com/support/knowledgebase/question.php?qstId=186

Outlook 2000 is one of many POP3/IMAP email clients available for the Windows OS. The basic setup instruction to work with email here are listed for you to use this email client.

From the Tools menu, choose Accounts... This will open the Internet Accounts box. Click add > and choose Mail. You will be presented with several screens. Screen 1: Your Name Display Name: Name you want displayed for this account Click Next Screen 2: Internet E-Mail Address E-mail Address: Your Email Address Click Next Screen 3: Email Server Names Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: yoursite.com Outgoing Mail (SMTP) server: yoursite.com Click Next Screen 4: Internet Mail Logon Account Name: Email Username Password: Email Password Remember Password: Check Click Next Click Finish Once back at the Internet Accounts Box, Choose Properties.   Server Authentication Choose the Servers tab. Under the Outgoing Mail Server section, place a checkmark next to "My server requires authentication". Note: The default setting for server authentication is to use the same settings as your incoming mail server. Therefore, you will not need to change anything in the settings for server authentication. Leaving a Copy on the Server This is also on the Advanced tab. Under the Delivery section, place a checkmark next to "Leave a copy of messages on server". Congratulations, you've now setup Outlook 2000 to use your email account. Repeat the above steps to setup further email accounts.

*After completing these steps you should be able to send and receive email via this account. If you can't send emails that means your ISP is most likely blocking your Outgoing Mail server port 25 (default). You can change that port to 26 if you have Linux hosting with us or to port 465 if you have Windows hosting with us.

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