How to set up an email account in Microsoft Entourage?

This tutorial will guide you step by step though the process of setting up an e-mail account in Microsoft Entourage (based on Microsoft Entourage 2004).

1. E-mail Account in Microsoft Entourage Step #1

In Microsoft Entourage, from the Tools menu, select Accounts.

How to setup an email account in Microsoft Entourage - Step 1

2. E-mail Account in Microsoft Entourage Step #2

On the Accounts wizard window, Go to the New and select Mail.

How to setup an email account in Microsoft Entourage - Step 2

3. E-mail Account in Microsoft Entourage Step #3

Type in your E-mail address and click on the arrow at the bottom. Microsoft Entourage will try to do an automatic configuration for your e-mail account which will probably fail. Click again on the small arrow ant the bottom to go to the next step.

How to setup an email account in Microsoft Entourage - Step 3

4. E-mail Account in Microsoft Entourage Step #4

Verify and Complete Settings window: type in Your name (or business name), E-mail address, Account ID (which should be the same as your e-mail address) and Password.
Incoming mail server
Choose POP3 server. This will be in the form of mail.yourdomain.co.uk. Let's say your web address is www.thisismydomain.com, then your POP3 server will be as follows - mail.thisismydomain.com
Outgoing mail server
This one is provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Depending on who is your ISP, the value will be different. To see a list of SMTP servers for ISPs in UK, please click here.
Please note, we used in our example mail.btinternet.com, which is one of BT's SMTP server.
Click the arrow at the bottom. You will be now able to verify your e-mail account setting - this is optional, you can skip it and go to the next step.
How to setup an email account in Microsoft Entourage - Step 4

5. E-mail Account in Microsoft Entourage Step #5

Congratulations! Your mail account has been created successfully and is ready for use. You should now be able to send and receive e-mails using your e-mail account with Kiswebs.

To finish the process type in a name for that e-mail account (for display purposes).

Click Finish

If you require to add / delete /change settings for your e-mail accounts, please contact our Technical Support Team.

How to setup an email account in Microsoft Entourage - Step 5

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