This guide will show step-by-step instructions for setting up email on Mac Outlook 2011.

Have the following details ready before you start:

  • Your domain name
  • Your email address
  • Your email password

Configuring Mac Outlook 2011

  1. Open the Tools menu and choose Accounts.
    outlook2011_tools_accounts
  2. Click E-mail Account
    outlook2011_add_account
  3. Enter your full E-mail address
    outlook2011_email_address
  4. Enter the password for this E-mail account.
  5. Uncheck configure automatically.
    outlook2011_password
  6. User Name: Enter Your full email address.
  7. Type choose POP
  8. Your incoming mail server is mail.yourdomain.com, port should be 110.
    replacing yourdomain.com with your own domain url.
  9. The Outgoing Mail Server is the same as your incoming mail server and port should be 25.
  10. Click Add Account.
  11. Once the account has been created you will need to enable SMTP Authentication.
  12. Open the Tools menu
  13. Click Accounts
    outlook2011_tools_accounts
  14. Click E-mail Account
  15. Click the “More options…” button.
    outlook2011_more_options
  16. From the Authentication drop-down menu and choose “Use Incoming Server Info”
    outlook2011_authentication_menu
  17. Click the Ok button.

Mac Outlook 2011 is now correctly configured to send and receive emails.