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# How to Perform Email Account Setup in Microsoft Outlook 2013  (Non-SSL Settings)

**Before starting :**


||| 1. Make sure your domain name loads.  If it doesn't load your email account won't work.


| 2. Make sure you have setup your email accounts at your control panel (cPanel / DirectAdmin).

You are now ready to begin setting up your email accounts.


1. Open Outlook 2013

2. Select File > Add Account
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3. You will see a box as shown below. And you may proceed to fill in your name, email address and password. Click Next.
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4. After some time , your email will be configured. If not and a box appears like below:
Just click Next to set up unencrypted connection.
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5. Click Finish and you have successfully configured your email account . 
Note that you are using IMAP.

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However, if even unencrypted email fails, you can try to manually configure your email settings.




### Manually Configuring Email Settings

1. Click on **Manual set up or additional server types** and click **Next**.
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2. Click on **POP or IMAP** and click Next.
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3. Fill in all the spaces below . Next, click on **More Settings**.
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4. Go to **Outgoing Server** and tick **“My outgoing server SMTP requires authentication"** then click the radio button next to **Use same settings as my incoming mail server**.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/5ea1a644-35aa-47ef-9e5c-83abcf93bee3.png)

5. Go to Advanced and change the **Incoming Server Port (IMAP)** to **143**. If you're using POP3 settings, set the **Incoming Server Port (POP3)** to **110** as seen below.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/e5a469c9-8f1c-403e-8429-fb494b19f5ff.png)







|| **Outgoing server (SMTP):** Change the default port (25) to **26** for POP3 or IMAP accounts. 

6. Click **Next**, then press the **Finish** button.

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