---
title: Email Setup in Outlook 2010
description: "[![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step011-1.png)](https://kb.nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/step011.png) 1. Click the orange **File** button. ![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step021.png) 2. Click **Add Account**. ![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step031.png) 3. Click to add a dot in the circle labeled **Manually configure server settings or additional server types**. Click **Next**. ![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step041.png) 4. Click to add a dot in the circle…"
url: "https://nexicom.net/kb/email-setup-in-outlook-2010/"
updated: "2025-05-27"
category: Email
---

# Email Setup in Outlook 2010

[![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step011-1.png)](https://kb.nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/step011.png)

1. Click the orange **File** button.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step021.png)

2. Click **Add Account**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step031.png)

3. Click to add a dot in the circle labeled **Manually configure server settings or additional server types**.

Click **Next**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step041.png)

4. Click to add a dot in the circle labeled **Internet E-mail**.

Click **Next**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step051.png)

5. Fill in the fields with the corresponding information:

- **Your Name** – Your name (Whatever you enter here will be displayed on your outgoing messages)
- **E-mail Address** – Your full Nexicom email address
- **Account Type** – POP3
- **Incoming mail server** – mail.nexicom.net
- **Outgoing mail server (SMTP) **– outgoing.nexicom.net
- **User Name** – Your full Nexicom email address (this must match what was entered in the Email Address field above)
- **Password** – The password that corresponds with your email address

Click **More Settings…**

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step061.png)

6. Click on the tab labeled **Outgoing Server**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step071.png)

7. Click to add a check mark in the box labeled **My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication**.

Click on the tab labeled **Advanced**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step081.png)

8. Type the number **587** in the box labeled **Outgoing server (SMTP)**.

Click **OK**.

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step091.png)

9. Click **Next.**

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step101.png)

10. Once the tests have completed, click **Close**.

*Note: If either of these tests fail, it could be due to an incorrect setting or the lack of an internet connection.*

*If you need any assistance, please call our Helpdesk at 1-888-639-4266.*

![](https://nexicom.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/step11-1.png)

11. You have now entered all of the information required to setup your account. Click **Finish** to begin using your account.