Outlook 2010

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Email Setup for Outlook 2010 with Rackspace Mail

Incoming and outgoing mail server: secure.emailsrvr.com

Walkthrough Setup Guide Video

If you prefer to watch a narrated screen capture video play this or see the screenshots further down.

Step by Step Setup Guide with Screenshots

01 – Opening Outlook 2010 for the first time
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or if you have opened outlook before it may not prompt to setup an account.

01a – Create a new account by clicking on the file menu and add account
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and then continue as follows…

02 – Choose yes to configure an email account
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03 – Prompt for your details name email and password
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04 – Select to manually configure the server settings
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05 – Keep the selection on internet email and press next
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06 – Choose IMAP for cloud mail sync between computer and phone or POP to download separate copies to each device
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07 – Incoming and outgoing server is secure.emailsrvr.com and the email address is the username
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08 – Click the more settings button to open the additional settings
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09 – Outgoing tab: tick my outgoing server smtp requires authentication
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10 – Click onto the advanced tab
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11 – Select SSL dropdown for the incoming mail and auto for the outgoing mail and change the outgoing port to 587
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12 – Press the ok button and then next to test the settings
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13 – Press the finish button to launch outlook
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The account is now setup. If you haven’t used outlook before the following additional steps will help you answer some default settings questions for first time users and setup an email signature.

14 – Press yes for making outlook the default mail program
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15 – If the activation wizard appears press next to complete activation
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16 – Activation is complete press close to continue
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17 – Select the recommended settings for updates etc and press ok
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18 – In the main outlook email screen and we can see the test email arrived
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19 – Create a new message from the New button and enter the email subject and so on
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20 – Click the new button to create a new signature file
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21 – Enter a name for the signature file like my signature
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22 – Enter some details into the signature and select for it to go on new messages
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That’s it, you should now have your email setup and signature configured for Microsoft Outlook 2010.