cPanel email account setup in Outlook 2013

For automatic email account setup, you need to do the following:

1. Open Outlook, select the File tab > Add Account:



2. Check the option E-mail Account and fill in the corresponding fields:
   • Your Name: The name you would like the recipients of your emails to see
   • E-Mail Address: Your full email address
   • Password: Password for your email account

   Make sure you do not have blank spaces in it.

3. Once all the fields are filled, click Next:
   
4. NOTE: If any warnings appear, disregard them and feel free to proceed.

If this option fails for some reason, try to follow the steps from scratch. If it does not help, you can also try to set up the email account manually.

Manual Setup Instructions

In order to set up your email account in Outlook manually, complete the first step which is described above and then follow the instructions below:

1. Check the option Manual setup or additional server types and click on Next:
   
2. Select POP or IMAP and click on Next:
   
3. Fill out the corresponding fields:
   • Incoming and Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Server your account is hosted on (server1.web-hosting.com is used as an example, replace it with your actual server)
   • User Name: Full email address
   • Password: Password for this mail account
   • Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Should be unchecked

   

4. Once done, click on More Settings in the lower right corner of the window.

   In the Outgoing Server tab, check the option My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication > Use same settings as my incoming mail server:

   

5. In the Advanced tab, configure port settings as follows:
   • IMAP: Port 993, SSL or Port 143, TLS
   • POP3: Port 995, SSL or Port 110, TLS
   • SMTP: Port 465, SSL or Port 25/587, TLS

   

6. Once all is done, click OK to close the window and then Next to test server connection:
   

That’s it!