Sending and receiving emails with Outlook 2010

After setting up your email address in the customer login, you can work directly with this email address and send and receive emails.

Different programs and applications are available to send and receive emails.

With the Autodiscover function, configuration can be performed in a more or less automated manner. The Autodiscover function is already enabled for you in every STRATO hosting package.

⇒ Configuring Outlook 2010 automatically

⇒ Set up an email address manually

Configuring Outlook 2010 automatically

With the Autodiscover function, configuration can be performed in a more or less automated manner. The Autodiscover function is already enabled for you in every STRATO hosting package.

First of all, please launch Outlook 2010 and click on the Start / Add account menu option.

In the subsequent configuration for email setup, enter your name (you may choose any name), your email address, and the corresponding email password:

After entering your data, please click on the Next button. Outlook will now automatically search for the required server settings. During the search, you will receive a notification; please confirm it.

The notification appears because STRATO stores the settings in a central file that cannot be reached via your domain. Your mailbox is automatically set up with encrypted settings. Switching to SSL manually is no longer required.

Set up an email address manually 

As an alternative to the automated setup, the manual setup of a new mailbox in Outlook is possible as well. Start Outlook and click in the menu on File and Add account:

Select the outbox server tab and enable the option The outbox server (SMTP) requires authentication and as the method select the option Use same settings as for the inbox server.

If the POP3/IMAP registration was successful, but you receive an error notification when attempting to send an email, this may be due to the fact that the SMTP Authentication (under Advanced Settings Outbox Server Outbox Server) was not activated. Please also make sure that the encrypted SSL port 465 is enabled for the delivery of emails in your router/firewall.