Please select MS Outlook from within the programs menu.
If this is the first time you have opened Outlook, you will be presented with a request to make Outlook your preferred email client software or something very similar. If you do not have any additional email clients on your machine please select yes.
Now you will be presented with the main Outlook page. From this page please select the tools menu from the top navigation bar, this will present you with a dropdown list from this choose accounts.
You should now be presented with a large box with 4 tabs above. Please select the Mail tab, and then select the add select to the right hand side. On selecting add you will see a slide out menu , please select the mail option.
We will now start setting up the mail account options/settings.
The first screen which will appear will ask you to type in a name that you wish to call the account. Type in – Your Business Name Goes Here, and select next.
The second screen asks for your email address, this is the email address you wish to show on all outgoing emails that you send for replies. Please type your email address here, and then select next.
The third screen now asks for your mail account settings. There should be a drop down box which states POP3, if it doesn’t adjust until the POP3 option appears. Now select the box that requests your incoming mail settings, please type the following: mail.(your website address here) in this box. Now select the box that asks for outgoing mail, again type in mail.(your website address here, or your Internet Service Providers SMTP) Please select next.
The fourth screen which appears requests your account name and password, please type in following into the correct areas.
Account name: Your email address here
Password: The password which has been provided
Please select next and then finish.
Only a couple more steps to complete now.
You should now be back at the selection screen for your email accounts settings.
Highlight the account you have just created and then select properties from the option to the right.
You will now be presented with five tabbed options, select the option that states servers.
Go down the page and tick the box that states my server requires authentication, and then select settings. You will now be presented with options for logon information, select the option that states logon using and then type the following username and password in appropriate boxes displayed.
Username : Main account username here
Password : Main Account Password
Now choose the OK option and then select apply.
Now OK back to your main email account screen.
Now that should be it.
Test you email settings by sending and receiving to another email address.
Please Note. Sometimes if you are using another Internet Service Provider such as BT or AOL you will need to change your outgoing mail port settings to port 26. To do this open the mail account you wish to adjust and select properties for that account. Now select the option that states advanced. You will now see the outgoing mail port set at 25, change this to 26 and select apply. (Please check with your ISP before proceeding on this point)
If you experience any problems please contact Blufin Media by creating a support ticket for further assistance from within your account.
