Outlook 2003 email setup

To Setup email in Outlook 2003

Start Outlook.
On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
Under E-mail Accounts, click 'Add a new e-mail account', and then click Next.
Click IMAP as the type of account that you are creating, and then click Next.

Fill out the required settings as follows:
Your Name: ** Your name exactly as you want it to appear to recipients when they receive email from you **
Email Address: ** The full email address for the mailbox you are setting up **
Account Type: IMAP (recommended)
Incoming mail server: ** enter the provided incoming IMAP server address **
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): ** enter the provided outgoing SMTP server address  **
Username: ** The full email address for the mailbox you are setting up **
Password: ** The password for the mailbox **
Ensure that 'Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) remains unchecked. This is important as you may experience difficulty sending email with this enabled.

Click "More Settings..."
Click "Outgoing Server" tab at the top.
Tick the box labelled "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication".
Click "Advanced" tab at the top
In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, type 25. *Note, if you have trouble sending e-mail due to ISP restrictions, please try changing this to port 587.
Ensure that both 'This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) options are unchecked
Click "Ok" to close the window.

Click Next after you have completed entering this configuration information, and then click Finish

Your computer should then connect to the mail server and start syncing mail

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