How to Set Up Outlook And Windows Mail

We offer both secure POP3 and IMAP connections to our email accounts.

NOTE: If you are using Google Apps, click here for instructions on how to set up your email client instead.

The POP3 setup procedures are as follows:

Choose your email client:

Outlook | Windows Mail

Outlook Configuration:

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings...
3. On the E-mail tab, click New...
4. If you are prompted to Choose E-mail Service, select POP3 (or IMAP if you prefer that) and click Next.
5. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:

Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter your full  email address (username@website.com).
Password: Enter your email password.

Manually configure server settings or additional server types: Check this boxand then click Next

6. Verify your User Information, and enter the following additional information:

Server Information

Account Type: POP3 (Or you can choose IMAP here but not that the IMAP SSL post would be 993)

Incoming mail server: login.pageprogressive.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP): login.pageprogressive.com

Logon Information

User Name: Enter your email username (including @yourwebsite.com).

Password: Enter your email password.

Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave this option unchecked.


7. Click the More Settings... button, and select the Outgoing Server tab.
8. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.



9. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).
10. In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box, enter 465, and select TLS from the drop-down menu next to Use the following type of encrypted connection:.



11. Click OK.
12. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close.
13. Click Next, and then click Finish. YOU"RE DONE!

Windows Mail Configuration

1. Open Windows Mail.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select Accounts...
3. Click Add...
4. Select Email Account, and click Next.
5. Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the 'From:' field of outgoing messages, and click Next.
6. Enter your full email address (username@yourwebsite.com).
7. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:

Incoming mail server type: POP3 (Or you could elect to use use IMAP instead but the port number is 993)


Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server: login.pageprogressive.com. 

Outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) name: login.pageprogressive.com

Outgoing server requires authentication: enabled


8. Click Next, and enter your full email address (including '@yourdomain.com') and your email password.

9. Click Next, and then check the box next to Do not download my e-mail at this time. Click Finish.
10. On the Internet Accounts screen, make sure that your login.pageprogressive.com mail account is selected, and click the Properties button.
11. On the Advanced tab, enter 465 in the in the box next to Outgoing mail (SMTP), and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
12. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming mail (POP3). The box next to Incoming mail (POP3) should automatically update to 995.

13. Click OK. You're done! Close the Internet Accounts window and click Send/Receive to start checking your email messages.

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