Adding a Versio e-mail account to Outlook

If you have an e-mail plan with Versio you can add your mailbox to an e-mail client like Outlook. In this article explain how to do this.

Table of contents

• Step 1: Create an account
• Step 2: Manual setup
• Step 3: Outlook details
• Step 4: Extra Outlook settings

Step 1: Create an account

• Go to Outlook;
• Click on Tools at the top;
• Go to Account Settings;
• Click on New in the account settings menu to launch the wizard.

Step 2: Manual setup

• Leave the top option checked (Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP) and click Next;
• Tick Manually configure server settings or extra server types and click Next;
• Leave the option Internet e-mail checked and click Next.

Step 3: Outlook details

• Enter your name and use your DirectAdmin e-mail account as e-mail address;
• Choose IMAP;
• Enter mail.yourdomainname.com* for both the server for incoming and outgoing e-mail;
• Use the login name and password of your DirectAdmin e-mail account.

* Replace this with your own domainname

Step 4: Extra Outlook settings

• Click More settings at the bottom of the screen;
• Go to the Server for outgoing e-mail tab and tick the top option;
• For the server for outgoing e-mail (SMTP) verification is required.
• Go to the tab Advanced and enter 587 for outgoing e-mail (SMTP) and click OK;
• Click Test account settings at the top right; 
• When both tasks have been successfully completed click Close and then click Finish.