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INTRODUCTION
This article is provided as a courtesy to our customers to help you configure your Outlook software to work
with (mt) Media Temple's hosting solutions.
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Third-party software can not be supported directly by (mt) Media Temple. If you have further questions
about configuring Outlook, please visit http://support.microsoft.com/.
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This article is provided as a courtesy. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting third-party applications is
outside the scope of support provided by (mt) Media Temple. Please take a moment to review the Statement
of Support.
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Figure 3.
3. This window is where you enter your email information, see Figure 4 below.
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Figure 4:
Enter your email account information in this window.
Enter Your Name as you want it to appear.
Enter your full email address username@example.com in the Email address: field.
Select POP3 or IMAP. We recommend IMAP. Learn more about the differences here.
Enter mail.example.com in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: field.
Enter mail.example.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field. To avoid common authentication
issues with Outlook, we strongly advise using SSL and port 465 for SMTP connections.
Enter your full email address, username@example.com, in the User Name field.
Enter your email password in the Password: field.
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If you experience any difficulty with the default outgoing SMTP Port 25, you can check the box
Override default port and enter 587 or an alternate port you enabled. We also strongly
recommend using SMTP and port 465 with Outlook. For more information, please see: How do I
enable an alternate SMTP port?
4. Next, we'll configure your Outgoing server settings. Click on the More Options... button. For
Authentication, select Use Incoming Server Info. To avoid common authentication issues with Outlook, we
strongly advise using SSL and port 465 for SMTP connections. Click OK to save your settings.
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Figure 5.
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Enter your full email address and password. Outlook should automatically configure your account for you. If
not, proceed to the next section.
3. Next, select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, then click Next. See Figure 2
below.
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4. In this screen, choose Internet E-mail, then click Next. Figure 3 below illustrates this window.
Figure 3: Be sure to select "Internet E-mail" then click the "Next" button.
5. This window is where you enter your email information, see Figure 4 below.
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Click on More Settings... see Figure 5 for the location of this button.
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Click on the Outgoing Server tab. Check My outgoing server (SMTP) Requires Authentication. Make sure
Use same setting as my incoming mail server is also checked. Click on OK. See Figure 6 as reference.
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7. Click the Test Account Settings button and you should see all items with green check marks... Click the
Close Button to close the test window.
Click OK to save your settings.
Congratulations. You have finished the setup of your email account. Click Finish to close the setup wizard.
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4. Next select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP and click Next.
Enter your full email address and password. Outlook should automatically configure your account for you. If
not, proceed to the next section.
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Make sure Use same setting as my incoming mail server is also checked.
Click on OK.
4. Click the Test Account Settings button and you should see all items with green check marks... Click the
Close Button to close the test window. Click OK to save your settings.
5. Congratulations. You have finished the setup of your email account. Click Finish to close the setup wizard.
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(mt) Media Temple servers support POP3 and IMAP. Learn more: Using Email.
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7. Click the Test Account Settings button and you should see all items with green check marks. Click Close to
close the test window.
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9. Congratulations. You have finished the setup of your email account. Click Finish to close the Setup Wizard.
4. Enter your name in the Display name: field, and click Next.
5. Enter your full email address (example: username@example.com) in the E-mail address: field and Click
Next.
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6. Enter mail.example.com in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: field. Enter mail.example.com
in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field. You can also use your IP address. To avoid common
authentication issues with Outlook, we strongly advise using SSL and port 465 for SMTP connections.
7. Enter your username, username@example.com (same as your email address) in the Account name field.
Enter your email password in the Password: field, and click Next.
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8. As for the Import screen: if you do not want to import information click Do not import at this time and
click Next.
9. Click on Finish. You MUST do the next steps to be able to send email via your server.
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12. Click the Servers tab, and check the box next to My server requires authentication. Then click on the
Settings button.
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13. Verify the Login Information is set to use same settings as my incoming mail server then click OK.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you experience an issue sending email, you can try the following:
Click the Advanced tab, and change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port to the alternate port of 465, with SSL
encryption, then click on OK.
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Port 587 is also available as an alternate (unencrypted) SMTP port for the Grid. However, Outlook may still
persist with authentication errors if SSL is not used when sending mail.
RESOURCES
More troubleshooting techniques can be found in the following article: Troubleshooting SMTP problems.
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