How do I configure Outlook 2007 to gather email from a QWK.net mailbox? 

If this is your first time opening Outlook 2007 you will be greeted with a configuration wizard. If this is not your first time opening Outlook, you will need to go to tools, and then account settings. There you will see a button that says 'New...', click it, start from step 3.

1. On the Outlook 2007 Startup screen, click 'Next'.

2. It will ask you if you wish to set up an email account, make sure you have 'Yes' highlighted and click 'Next'.

3. Select 'Internet E-mail' and click 'Next'.

4. Check the box next to 'Manually configure server settings' and click 'Next'.

5. Here it will ask for all of your user information. Below is an example of how this information should look:

• Your Name: QWK Customer
• Email Address: QWK@yourdomain.com
• Incoming Mail Type: POP3
• Incoming Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
• Outgoing Mail Server: mail.yourdomain.com
• User Name: QWK@yourdomain.com
• Password: *******

6. Click 'More Settings' and select the Outgoing Server tab.

7. Check the box next to 'My Outgoing Server (SMTP) Requires Authentication' and select the Advanced tab.

8. Change the Outgoing server port number from 25 to 587, then click 'OK'.

9. Click 'Next' and then 'Finish', you should now be able to send and receive email using Outlook.

Although the method above is the easiest way to set up your e-mail, we would recommend using SSL when a device allows for it. This provides extra security to help keep your email secure. It requires changing a few minor settings during or after setup. Here are the changes that are necessary:


-If you wish to use SSL-

If you wish to use SSL you must use the fully qualified name for your mail server instead of mail.yourdomain.com. This can be found by Doing the following:

1. Go to your Control Panel, and click "Domains" 
    
2. Then half way down the list click the "edit" symbol next to "DNS Configuration" 
    
3. You will see and entry with mail.yourdomain.com on the left and something like mail3.qwknetllc.com on the right. The mail3.qwknetllc.com or whatever is on the right would be your fully qualified server name.

For SSL these settings would change:

Incoming Server name: example: mail3.qwknetllc.com


Outgoing Server(SMTP): example: mail3.qwknetllc.com

Incoming Port: 995 (POP3 Only)


Incoming Port: 993 (IMAP Only)


Outgoing Port: 465

-Alternatively-
Call us and provide us with a domain and we'd be happy to let you know which server you're on. You can also start a ticket or request in a ticket to know the server name and we can give it to you there as well.