How to configure email manually in Outlook

  Windows system administration

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for manually configuring email in Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016 and Outlook 2019.

1 – Setup Outlook 2010

  • Select the File menu.
  • Select Info.
  • Click the Add Account button.
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Choose Manually configure server settings and Click Next.

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Now we choose Internet E-Mail and Click Next

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Use the information below to help fill in the settings for your new email account.

Your NameInsert your full name here. This name will appear on all your sent email.
Email AddressPut in your full email address, for example [email protected]
Account TypeSelect POP3 if you want the emails to be downloaded to Outlook.
Select IMAP if you want the emails to remain on your hosting server.
Incoming Mail Serverthe incoming mail server is something like this mail.example.com.
Outgoing Mail ServerThis will be the same as your Incoming Mail Server, mail.example.com.
UsernameThis will be your full email address. For example, [email protected]
PasswordThis is the password for the email account you listed above and not the password for your cPanel.
setup config outlook 2010 IMAP POP3

Next click on the More Settings… button and make the following modifications:

Outgoing Server TabOn the Outgoing Server Tab, make sure that “My outgoing server requires authentication” is checked, as well as “Use same settings as my incoming mail server“
Advanced TabBy default, you do not need to change anything here, however, if you are having trouble sending email then you can change the port settings here.
setup config outlook 2010 SMTP
setup config outlook 2010 IMAP POP3 SMTP

While on the E-mail Accounts screen, click the Test Account Settings button

This will both check your settings and send a test email to yourself to confirm that everything is working. If you receive any errors, please check your configuration.

And click on Next to save settings.

2 – Setup Outlook 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022

  • Select the File menu.
  • Select Info.
  • Click the Add Account button.
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Choose Let me set up my account manually and Click Next.

setup config outlook 2013 settings email account

Choose account Type:

  • IMAP : if you want the emails to remain on your hosting server.
  • POP : if you want the emails to be downloaded to Outlook.
setup config outlook 2013 settings email account choose account

I Selected IMAP :

IMAP setting setup config outlook 2013 settings email account
Fill Incoming and outgoing. And Click Next.
password setup config outlook 2013 settings email account

Finally, type your password and Click Connect.

Conclusion

In this article, we showed you how to Configure Outlook 2010 / 2013 and newer Manually.

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