POP Email Setup: Outlook 2010

If you aren't sure of the difference between POP and IMAP and why you would use one or the other, please click here.

1. Click on File, and then on Account Settings and again on Account Settings.
   
   
   
   
2. On the Email tab, click on New
   
   
   
   
3. Choose Email Account and then Next
   
   
   
   
4. Click on Manually Configure and then Next
   
   
   
   
5. Choose Internet Email and Next.
   
   
   
   
6. Select POP
   Enter the following settings:
   Incoming mail server: pop.homestead.com
   Outgoing mail server SMTP: smtp.homestead.com
   Enter your email for the User Name and your email password
   Click on More Settings.
   
   
   
   
   
7. In the Outgoing Server tab, check the box for "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and select "Use same settings as my incoming server."
   Click OK
   
   
   
   
8. Click on the Advanced tab, change the following:
   Incoming server: 995
   Check the box that says "This server required an encrypted connection (SSL)"
   Outgoing server: 465.
   Choose "TLS" as the type of encrypted connection.
   Click OK.
   
   
9. Click Next
   
   
   
   
10. Both checks should be green. Click Close.
    
    
    
    
11. Click Finish