Microsoft Outlook 2003 CPanel & Plesk Servers

Plesk & CPanel Accounts

NOTE: If you Access your server Control Panel as: http://YourDomain.com:2082 or as: http://YourDomain.com:8443 Then these are the correct Instructions.

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2003 ® to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.

These instructions assume you have already setup your user/email account in the server control panel.

#1. In Microsoft Outlook, from the E-mail Accounts menu, select Tools.

#2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.

#3. For your server type, select POP3 and then click Next.

#4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP) window, enter your information as follows:

Your Name: Your first and last name or Whatever Name you want people who get your emails to see.
E-mail Address: The email address you are setting up. Example: tom@example.com
User Name: The email address you are setting up. Example: tom@example.com
Password: The Password for the email user you are setting up (same as the pass you set for this user on the server)

Incoming mail server (POP3): mail.YourDomain Example: mail.example.com (if your domain was example.com)
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.YourDomain Example: mail.example.com (if your domain was example.com)

Click More Settings.

#5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab.
Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.

#6. Click OK.

#7, Click Next.

#8. Click Finish.

#9. Test by clicking the Send/Receive Button at the top of the page. If you do not get any errors then you have successfully connected to the mail server. You can also send a test email and after received reply to it. NOTE: In Windows XP and Vista, you can send an email to yourself. If you do get an error when sending or receiving emails. Click on the Tools tab/menu (top of page), click Accounts. Highlight the account you just setup and then click on the Settings button on the right, and double check all settings.