Outlook 2010 and 2013 Email Setup

Overview

This article explains how to configure a ShoutCMS email account in Microsoft Outlook versions 2010 and 2013.  Differences between the two versions are noted.

Add and configure the e-mail account

1. Using a web browser, navigate to your webmail landing page at  http://webmail.yourdomain.com where "yourdomain.com" is the name of your website. Make note of the name of your Incoming and Outgoing Mail Servers (for example, mail4.shoutcms.net).
   
   
   
   
2. Start Outlook and click on the File tab.
   
   
   
   
3. On the File menu, click Add Account.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Add New Account dialogue box, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Choose Service "Internet E-mail" (Outlook 2010) or "POP or IMAP" (Outlook 2013) and click Next
   
   Outlook 2010
   
   
   
   Outlook 2013
   
   
   
   
6. Under Internet E-mail Settings, configure the following: 
   
1. User Information > Your Name, enter your full name.
   
2. User Information > E-mail Address, enter your full e-mail address.
3. Server Information > Account Type, select IMAP
4. Server Information > Incoming mail server, enter the name of your incoming mail server (noted from step 1)
   
5. Server Information > Outgoing mail server (SMTP), enter the name of your outgoing mail server (noted from step 1)
6. Logon Information > User Name, enter your full email address.
7. Logon Information > Password, enter the email account password.
   
8. If you want Outlook to remember your e-mail account password, click to select the Remember password check box. If not, you will need to enter your password every time you log onto Outlook.
   
9. Click the More Settings button to open the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.
   
   
   
   
7. Click on the Outgoing Server tab and then click the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.
   
   
   
   
8. Click the Advanced tab.
   
1. In the Incoming Server (IMAP) box, enter server port number 993
2. Use the following type of encrypted connection: select SSL
3. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, enter server port number 465. 
4. Use the following type of encrypted connection: select SSL
5. Verify that both server port numbers are correct and click OK
   
   
   
   
9. Test Account Settings by clicking the Next > button. This feature will confirm that the email is setup properly by sending a test email to the account. 
   
   
   
   
10. Verify all tests complete and click Close.
    
    
    
    
11. Congratulations! Click Finish.