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Setup a POP/IMAP e-mail account in Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac

Step 1: Open Outlook
Step 2-a: If this is the first time you have used Outlook, click the Add Account button from the welcome screen. From there, click E-mail Account
Step 2-b: If you have already used outlook in the past, you can add a new account by going to Tools > Accounts and then click the plus (+) icon in the bottom left corner (select E-mail from the list that appears).

Step 3: Enter your full email address and password
Step 4: Enter the following details…

Username = Your FULL email address

Type = We recommend IMAP however you can use POP3
Incoming Server = mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing Server = mail.yourdomain.com

Step 5: Click Add Account

Note: You will most likely receive an error saying that authentication failed. Ignore this message for now and click No

Step 6: Click the More Options button located at the bottom of the screen.
Step 7: Select Use Incoming Server Info as the Authentication, than click OK.

That’s it! You can now close the accounts window and check your email.

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