SETUP: POP3 for Outlook 2003

Step 1: Open Outlook 2003, click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts….

Step 2: Click Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.

Step 3: Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and then click Next.

Step 4: Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:

  • User Information: Your name (enter your name as you would like it to appear in outgoing email; ex. John Doe) and email address (enter your full PSMail address; ex. username@psmail.net).
  • Server Information: For Incoming mail server (POP3), enter “mail.psmail.net,” and for Outgoing mail server (SMTP), enter “mail.psmail.net.”
  • Login Information: For User Name, enter your primary PSMail address (ex. username@psmail.net), and for Password, enter your PSMail password.

Step 5: Click More Settings…, and then click the Outgoing Server tab.

Step 6: Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication, and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

Step 7: Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3). The port should be “995.”

Step 8: Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter “465” in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.

Step 9: Click OK.

Step 10: Click Test Account Settings. When you receive Congratulations! All tests completed sucessfully, click Close. Then click Next and then Finish. You’re done!

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