Setting up email in Outlook 2013

How to set up your Simply.com email in Outlook 2013 with POP/IMAP, SMTP port 587 and authentication.

This guide assumes you have already set up your email account in Email in our control panel.

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2013

  2. Select the File menu then the Add Account item.

  3. Tick the "Manual configuration or additional server types".

step1

  1. Choose POP or IMAP.

step2

  1. Fill in the fields as shown, with values provided in your account creation email.

step3

IMPORTANT: The incoming server must be mail.simply.com

NOTE: Username is YOUR FULL email address and not just, for example, "john" but "john@domain.xxx"! The password is the one you chose in the mail administration under your control panel.

  1. Select the More Settings button and then the Outgoing Server tab.

step4

  1. Tick the "The outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" here.

  2. Proceed to the Advanced tab and set the outgoing server port to 587.

  3. Choose OK and then the Test Account Settings button to verify everything works as it should.

  4. Then select Next and Finish.

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