How to Setup Email on Microsoft Outlook 2013
- These instructions are intended specifically for setting up POP3/IMAP e-mail on Microsoft Outlook 2013.
- I’ll be working with Microsoft Outlook 2013 (specifically version 15.0.4420.1017 [64-bit]).
- If these instructions don’t quite work for you, check-out our tutorial on setting up other e-mail clients.
- Not the right version of Microsoft Outlook? Check out How To Set up Email in Outlook 2016 or How To Setup Email on Microsoft Outlook 2010.
Click Add Account.

Select the radio button for Manually setup or additional server types.

Select the radio button for POP or IMAP.

Your Name should be your name as you want it to appear in e-mails that you send.
E-mail Address should simply be your e-mail address.

If you’ve configured your e-mail in cPanel then you can either select POP3 or IMAP for your Account Type.

For SMTP, the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) should be set to the correct hostname. Generally speaking, this will be mail.yourdomain.com or similar.
User Name should be your username, generally with the domain included. For example, testemail@thebestfakedomainnameintheworld.com instead of just testemail .
The password should simply be the password for your e-mail account.

Click More Settings …



The password should simply be the password for your e-mail account.
Click OK
Check the box for Automatically test account settings when Next is clicked, and then click Next :


That’s it, Microsoft Outlook 2013 should now be set up to receive e-mail!
Click Finish

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