Knowledgebase: POP/IMAP Mail Setup
Configuring Microsoft Outlook (2013) to pick up your email
Posted by on 05 February 2013 02:17 PM

Instructions below are for Microsoft Outlook 2013 - Other versions of Outlook may vary slightly.

Open Microsoft Outlook

Click “FILE” and choose “Add Account

This will open the Email dialogue box.

    On the "Auto Account Setup" page, tick box - "Manually setup or additional server types"  (bottom of the page)
    Click Next >
    Select option POP or IMAP
    Click Next >

Enter your email Account information

User Information

  • Your Name - This is what recipients will see as the sender
  • Your email address - Enter your full email address

Server Information   

  • Select Account type - POP3 or IMAP from dropdown box
  • Incoming Mail Server - qmail.irishdomains.com
  • Outgoing Mail Server - qmail.irishdomains.com

Logon Information

  • User Name - Enter your full email address
  • Password - As set by you when creating the email account in your hosting Control Panel

Additional Settings Required

For security our mail servers require authentication when sending mail. We strongly recommend to use encrypted connections also. These features must be enabled in your email program.

Click "More Settings" button  - this will open another dialog box

Select "Outgoing Server" tab

Tick box for "My outgoing Server requires Authentication" & ensure first option is selected (Use same settings as incoming mail server)

Click the 'Advanced' tab  

Ensure the option "Use the following type of encrypted connection" is set to "SSL" for incoming and "TLS" for outgoing emails.

Under "Server Port Numbers" change the value for Outgoing Server (SMTP) to: 587

Select "OK" to save settings & return to previous screen

Select "Next"

Select "Finish" to complete the setup

 

 

 

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