In order to send and receive emails using Microsoft Outlook 2003, you need to setup your account as follows -
- Start Microsoft Outlook 2003. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts...
- Select Add a new e-mail account and click Next.
- Under Server Type, select an incoming mail server type as either POP3 or IMAP and then click Next.
- In the E-mail Accounts dialog box that opens up, fill in the corresponding details -
- User Information
- Your Name: Enter a name that you want others to see when you send a message
- E-mail Address: Enter your full email address (user@somedomainname.com)
- Server Information
- Incoming & Outgoing mail server: You can obtain this information from your Webmail interface and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com. Here, you would need to login with your email address and the corresponding password
- Logon Information
- User Name: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- User Information
- Next, click on More Settings and select the Outgoing Server tab. Here you need to select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox, and click OK.
- Click Finish to close the E-mail Accounts dialog box.
Steps to configure TLS/SSL
a) Launch Outlook 2003 and click on the menu "Tools > E-mail Accounts"
b) In the "E-mail Accounts" window, select "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click on "NEXT>".
c) Select your POP/IMAP account and click on the "Change" button.
d) Click on the "More Settings" button.
e) In the "Internet E-mail Settings" window, select the "Advanced" tab and check the box for "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)". Also Make sure that for "Incoming server(POP/IMAP):", the port number is 995/993. Click on the "OK" button.
