How To Setup Email in Outlook

We offer both secure and non-secure methods of connecting to our email server. The secure method protects your password from being intercepted (by using a SSL certificate)

Outlook 2016-2019

Secure Method

1. Launch Outlook
2. Click on File
3. Click the Account Settings button > Account Settings
4. Click on New
5. Enter in the email address – Your email accounts username (user@domain.com)
6. Click on Advanced Options
7. Check Let me set up my account manually
8. Click Connect
9. Click IMAP or POP3
   1. INCOMING MAIL SERVER:
      • Host Name: dixie.simplywebservices.net (this is our secure email server)
      • User Name: Your email accounts username (ex: user@domain.com)
      • Password: Your email accounts password
      • Port: IMAP = 993  / POP3 = 995
      • Click SSL/TLS (Accept all certificate)
   2. OUTGOING MAIL SERVER:
      • Host Name: dixie.simplywebservices.net (this is our secure email server)
      • User Name: Your email accounts username (ex: user@domain.com)
      • Password: Your email accounts password
      • SMTP Port: 465
      • Click SSL/TLS (Accept all certificate)
      • Check – This server requires authentication
10. Click Next
11. Enter password
12. Uncheck Set up Outlook Mobile on my phone, too
13. Click Done
14. Double click the new account
15. Enter Your Name and adjust other settings
16. Click Next
17. Click Done

Unsecure Method

1. Launch Outlook
2. Click on File
3. Click the Account Settings button > Account Settings
4. Click on New
5. Enter in the email address – Your email accounts username (user@domain.com)
6. Click on Advanced Options
7. Check Let me set up my account manually
8. Click Connect
9. Click IMAP or POP3
   1. INCOMING MAIL SERVER:
      • Host Name: mail.domain.com
      • User Name: Your email accounts username (ex: user@domain.com)
      • Password: Your email accounts password
      • Port: IMAP = 143/ POP3 = 110
      • Click SSL/TLS (Accept all certificate)
   2. OUTGOING MAIL SERVER:
      • Host Name: mail.domain.com
      • User Name: Your email accounts username (ex: user@domain.com)
      • Password: Your email accounts password
      • SMTP Port: 25 or 587 (if outgoing mail fails, try port 587)
      • Click SSL/TLS (Accept all certificate)
      • Check – This server requires authentication
10. Click Next
11. Enter password
12. Uncheck Set up OUtlook Mobile on my phone, too
13. Click Done
14. Double click the new account
15. Enter Your Name and adjust other settings
16. Click Next
17. Click Done

POP3 downloads the email from a server to a single computer, then deletes the email from the server. On the other hand, IMAP stores the message on a server and synchronizes the message across multiple devices.

Our servers do not support using the secure method and using your domain name, you must use dixie.simplywebservices.net