Difference between revisions of "How to configure Microsoft Outlook"

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   <tr><td width="190px" style="vertical-align:top">Your Name:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter your first and last name.</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td width="190px" style="vertical-align:top">Your Name:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter your first and last name.</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">E-mail Address:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter your e-mail address.  if you're also using a custom domain name in your store, you can enter the email address that you want people to see when you send them email.  e.g. joe@joeswidgets.com</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">E-mail Address:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter your e-mail address.  if you're also using a custom domain name in your store, you can enter the email address that you want people to see when you send them email.  e.g. joe@joeswidgets.com</td></tr>
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">User Name:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter your e-mail address, again.</td></tr>
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   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">User Name:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Your username should be your full Spiffy Stores e-mail address as it appears in your store toolbox on the "Preferences &gt;&gt; Email Accounts" page&nbsp;(e.g.&nbsp;joe@joeswidgets.spiffystores.com), and the password should automatically carry over from the previous page. If it does not, simply retype it in the password field. </td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">Password:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">Password:</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">Incoming mail server (POP3):</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter mail.''yourstore''.spiffystores.com</td></tr>
 
   <tr><td style="vertical-align:top">Incoming mail server (POP3):</td><td style="vertical-align:top">Enter mail.''yourstore''.spiffystores.com</td></tr>

Revision as of 12:15, 31 May 2011

Setting Up Microsoft Outlook

To read your email messages using Microsoft Outlook, you will need to configure several Microsoft Outlook email service options. Please note that there are different versions of Outlook, so sometimes the names of menu items or fields are a little different from our instructions here.

For other email software, refer to How to set up your email program to access your Spiffy Stores mailboxes

To set up Microsoft Outlook:

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook
  2. Select "Tools >> E-mail Accounts..." from the menu


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  3. Choose "Add a new e-mail account", and click Next


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  4. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next


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  5. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:

    Your Name:Enter your first and last name.
    E-mail Address:Enter your e-mail address. if you're also using a custom domain name in your store, you can enter the email address that you want people to see when you send them email. e.g. joe@joeswidgets.com
    User Name:Your username should be your full Spiffy Stores e-mail address as it appears in your store toolbox on the "Preferences >> Email Accounts" page (e.g. joe@joeswidgets.spiffystores.com), and the password should automatically carry over from the previous page. If it does not, simply retype it in the password field.
    Password:Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.
    Incoming mail server (POP3):Enter mail.yourstore.spiffystores.com
    Outgoing mail server (SMTP):Enter mail.yourstore.spiffystores.com


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  6. Click "More Settings..."
  7. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab


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  8. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"


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  9. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server"


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  10. Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 2525.

    If you would also like to use webmail to read your messages, then you need to set the options to leave the messages on the server for a number of days.


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  11. Click OK
  12. You should now be page on the "E-mail Accounts" window, so Click Next, and "Finish" to save your settings.


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