Configuring your email client: Outlook 2003


First enable POP in your mail account from web interface:

  1. Log in to your mail account.

  2. Click Settings at the top of any mail page.

  3. Click Forwarding and POP in the orange Mail Settings box.

  4. Select Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.

  5. Choose the action you'd like your messages to take after they are accessed with POP.

  6. Configure your POP client* and click Save Changes.



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  1. Now Open Outlook 2003.

  2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts...

  3. Select Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.

  4. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.

  5. 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 the From: field of outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter your full email address (chris@mydomain.com)

Server Information
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

Login Information
User Name: Enter your full email address (ex.: 'chris@mydomain.com')
Password: Enter your password

  1. Click More Settings... and then click the Outgoing Server tab.

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

  3. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).

  4. 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.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click Close.

  7. Click Next, and then click Finish.