Configuring Outlook 2011 for Mac

How to configure Outlook 2011 for Mac

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1. Open Outlook.
2. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
   
3. On the Add an account pop-up menu, click E-mail.
   
4. Enter your full email address and email password. If required, click Add Account.
   
5. Enter your email information and server information, and then click Add Account.

   Be sure to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

   Account description: anything you want

   Full name: anything you want
   Email address: enter the full address (name@yourdomain.com)

   User name: must be the full email address (name@yourdomain.com).
   Password: the email password.

   Type: POP3 or IMAP

   Incoming server: mail.yourdomain.com : 110 or 143, respectively
   Do NOT check any boxes. If you want to use SSL, you will need to ask HostGator for your secure server name and the correct port number.

   Outgoing mail server: mail.yourdomain.com : 25 or 26, whichever works best
   Do NOT check any boxes. If you want to use SSL, you will need to ask HostGator for your secure server name and the correct port number.

   
6. Notice that a folder for your email appears in the left-hand list. Note: A number of factors (for example, the number of messages to download, or the current server traffic) can influence how long it takes for the new email account to appear in the folder list.
   

For more settings and ports, read the related articles.