This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.

1.  Open Outlook, click Tools and then click E-mail Accounts...   

2.  Select Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.

3.  Select IMAP for Server Type, and then click Next.      

4.  Enter the following information for E-mail Accounts.         

• Your Name: Enter the name you wish recipients to see when they receive your message.
  
  
• E-mail Address: This is the address that your contacts' email program will reply to your messages. This is also the address that will get recorded in your contacts' address book if they add you as a contact.
  
  
• User Name: Enter This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it           
  
  
• Incoming mail server (IMAP): Enter imap.mailnexus.com   
       
  
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Enter smtp.mailnexus.com     
  

NOTE: "yourdomain.com" is an example, if your domain name were "ABCcompany.com", you would enter "ABCcompany.com" into the field.

If you discover your ISP is blocking port 5125, chances are they are also blocking port 25. Either one should work, though it is more common that port 25 be blocked.  You will need to call your ISP and ask them to open port 5125 for you. Otherwise, you will have to change back to using your ISPs outbound email server.

 
5. Click on the More Settings... button.  

6.  Click on the Outgoing Server tab, and check the box labeled "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication." Make sure Use same settings as my incoming mail server is checked as well.      

7. Click on the Advanced tab     

• Make sure that "Incoming Server" Port Number is set to 143
• Make sure that "Outgoing Server" Port Number is set to 5125

8.  Click OK in the Internet E-Mail Settings.  

9.  Click Finish.Outlook is now configured to send and receive mail.

10.   You will want to subscribe to both your inbox and your Junk-Mail folders (do not confuse with Outlook's "Junk-Email" folder.  Right-click on the name of the email account you have setup (imap.mailnexus.com for example), then choose IMAP Folders...

10b.   Push the query button to view all folders currently on the email network, then scroll down and find the Inbox and Junk-Mail folders, click on each one and push the subscribe button.  Also make sure the "When displaying hierarchy in Outlook, only show subscribed folders is UNCHECKED.  You do not have to subscribe to every folder, because when you click on an unsubscribed folder, the folder contents will update in your Outlook as needed. 

Click ok when completed.  You are ready to use your email! 

NOTE: While most of your folders will remain in synch, if you want to see all of your sent messages in your webmail while out of the office, you will have to drag and drop the contents of your "Sent items" folder into your IMAP accounts' "sent-mail" folders. 

Also, while you can move emails inside and outside of junk from within your Outlook, to whitelist or blacklist an email account and take advantage of our auto-learning features, you will need to log into your webmail and mark that email as JUNK or NOT JUNK by dragging and dropping the email either inside or outside of the junk-mail folder, or right-clicking on the message and selecting to MARK AS JUNK or NOT JUNK.