Outlook 2013: Set up Email

You can set up your Workspace email in Microsoft® Outlook 2013. We recommend using the Outlook Setup Tool, to automatically set up your email in Outlook 2013. But if you want to set up your email yourself, follow these instructions.

You need to turn on Outlook Easy Setup in your Workspace account, first. This creates an autodiscover record that makes set up simpler. Read more about Outlook Easy Setup.

The Outlook Easy Setup tool will only work if your domain is registered in the same GoWebsite account, with GoWebsite nameservers. If your domain is registered elsewhere, please see: Outlook 2013: Manually set up email

1. In your Workspace account, click the Tools menu.
2. Select Server Settings.
3. If you have email set up for multiple domains, from the Domain list, select the domain you want to use.
4. Under Outlook Easy Setup, click the On/Off toggle switch, and make sure it says on.

Now you can set up your Workspace email in Outlook 2013.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2013.
2. If this is the first time you've opened Outlook 2013, you'll see a welcome screen.
   
   1. Click Next.
   2. Select Yes, and click Next.
3. If you've already set up an email address Outlook 2013, you'll see the inbox screen.
   
   1. Click File.
   2. Under Info, click Add Account.
      
4. Make sure E-mail Account is selected, and enter your Workspace email details.
   

   Field	What to enter
   Your Name	The name you want to show as the From display, on your emails
   E-mail Address	Your Workspace email address
   Password	Your Workspace email password
   Retype Password	Your Workspace email password, again

5. Click Next.
6. Outlook 2013 will test your settings. You may see a pop-up window asking if you want to Allow this website to configure... Select Don't ask me about this website again, and click Allow.
   
7. When Outlook 2013 is finished setting up your account, you will see a message that Your e-mail account is successfully configured. Click Finish.

That's it! Your email is now set up in Outlook 2013.

Next Steps

• Send yourself an email in your webmail, to make sure everything is working. Then reply to that email from Outlook, to be sure your outgoing settings are correct, too.
• If you're having any trouble, please see: Outlook 2010 and 2013: Troubleshooting Email

More Info

• Set up your Workspace email on your phone:
  
  • iPhone
  • Android
  • Windows phone

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