Check your email using Outlook 2003

REGULAR CONFIG FOR OUTLOOK

1. run Outlook
2. open the Tools menu, and select "Email Accounts" (on some version of OE, it's called: Email Accounts)
3. if you've already got an account setup in there select "edit an existing account" [otherwise make your way through the add account screens using the info below, and then edit the account to match steps 11-17]
4. from the list, click on the account you want to edit, then click CHANGE
5. top blank is a friendly name, something like "BlueHost yourdomain.com" should do fine
6. Name = Your full name, with proper case (people will see this)
7. email address = your FULL address (user@domain.ext)
8. put the password in, and check the box to remember it
9. incomming server = mail.yourdomain.com
10. outgoing server = mail.yourdomain.com
11. click "more settings"
12. enter a reply-to address (user@domain.ext)
13. click the tab: Outgoing server, and put a check in the box "My outgoing (SMTP) server requires authentication"
14. select the radio-button "Log on using", set the username to your email address (user@domain.ext)
15. password = whatever you set it to be, when you made the email account
16. check the box to remember the password, for your sanity sake
17. select the Advanced tab, next & change the number 25 to 26 for the outgoing port
18. click "ok"
19. click "next"
20. click "finish"
21. send a message to yourself to test it, if you have trouble call in for additional help, you may be experiencing a blocking issue