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title: "How to Setup Outlook 2013 to Check Your Email"
description: "In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up Outlook 2013 to check your email. Before you get started, make sure you have done the following first: You must create the email address in cPanel before..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/outlook/how-to-set-up-outlook-2013/
date: 2013-02-13
modified: 2024-03-26
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Outlook"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Setup Outlook 2013 to Check Your Email

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to **set up Outlook 2013 to check your email**.

Before you get started, make sure you have done the following first:

- [You must create the email address in cPanel before setting it up in Outlook 2013](/support/email/creating-email-account/).
- [Make sure your DNS points to our servers](/support/domain-names/changing-your-domains-nameservers/).

Unsure of your email settings? Find them with our [Email Configuration](/support/tools/email-configuration/) tool.

![MS Outlook 2013 example installation](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_Microsoft-Outlook-2013.png)

Here are links to our other Outlook guides:

- [Outlook 2011 (Mac)](/support/email/outlook/how-to-set-up-outlook-2011/)
- [Outlook 2010](/support/email/outlook/how-to-set-up-outlook-2010/)
- [Outlook 2007](/support/email/outlook/creating-an-email-account-in-outlook-2007/)

## Setting up Outlook 2013

1. When you first open Outlook, it will provide a “*Welcome to Outlook 2013*” message, click the **Next** button.
2. The next screen will ask “*Do you want to set up Outlook to connect to an email account?*” choose **Yes** and click the **Next** button.
3. On the *Auto Account Setup* menu, select **Manual setup or additional server types**, then click **Next**. [![manually setting up outlook 2013](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_manual-setup.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_manual-setup.png)
4. On the *Choose Service* menu, click **POP or IMAP** then click **Next**.
5. You will then see the POP and IMAP Account Settings menu, fill in the fields. [![Entering Email credentials for outlook 2013](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_account-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_account-settings.png) Below is a description of the fields: Option Description Your Name Enter the name you want people you email to see, e.g. *John Smith* Email Address Enter your full email address, e.g. *username@example.com* Account Type Choose if you want to use **POP** or **IMAP**. By default, POP downloads and removes your emails from the server, while IMAP leaves them on the server. [Here is a link to an article that explains the differences in more detail](/support/email/checking-email-account/). For the purpose of this tutorial, we are setting up a POP account. Incoming mail server Standard settings: mail.domain.com (Replace domain.com with your actual domain) SSL Settings: secureXX.inmotionhosting.com (Replace the XX with the numbers from your server name) Outgoing mail server (SMTP) Standard settings: mail.domain.com (Replace domain.com with your actual domain) SSL Settings: secureXX.inmotionhosting.com (Replace the XX with the numbers from your server name) User Name Enter your full email address, e.g. *username@example.com* Password Enter the password you set for this email address. Remember password We recommend checking this box. Require logon using Secure Password Authentication Do not check this box.
6. Click **More Settings**. [![Additional options](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_more-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_more-settings.png)
7. Click the **Outgoing Server** tab. Check “**My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication**“. Check “**Use same settings as my incoming mail server**“. If you do not complete this step you may get a “**503 valid RCPT Command Must Precede Data**” error. [![SMTP settings in Outlook 2013](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_outgoing-server.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_outgoing-server.png)
8. Click the **Advanced** tab.Enter your settings, below is a description of the available options. Option Description Incoming Server Choose your preferred settings, below are the available options. Standard (POP3): 110 Standard (IMAP): 143 SSL (POP3): 995 SSL (IMAP): 993 This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) Click this if you are using the SSL option. Outgoing Server Standard: 25* or 587 SSL: 465 *Often times, ISP’s will block this port for use with their email. You may want to consider using port 587, or the secure settings. Use the following type of encrypted connection: Standard: None SSL: SSL
9. Click **OK**.
10. Click **Next**. Now Outlook will test the the account settings. [![Testing the email settings in outlook 2013](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_test-account.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/email_outlook2013_test-account.png)
11. You will see two tasks: *Log onto incoming mail server*, and, *Send test e-mail message*. When they are complete, click **Close**.
12. You will see a message stating “You’re all set!” click **Finish**.

### Subscribe to IMAP Inbox

If you just setup Outlook with the **IMAP** option, we recommend subscribing to your Inbox in Outlook 2013. You will then be able to access and sync your email folder across devices.

- [Subscribing to your IMAP Inbox in Outlook 2013 / Office 365](/support/email/inbox-subscribe/)

Congratulations, now you know how to setup your email account in Microsoft Outlook 2013!