Using Mail to monitor my work e-mail account

My employer has its own e-mail server and it uses XP/Outlook. I want all of my work e-mail to show up in my Mac Mail account. (I have my MacBook Pro connected to the internet at all times.)
I went through the File/Add Account thing. I then got the followoing message:
"The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "mail.[my employer's name].com" on port 995 timed out."
Here are my questions:
1. Regarding the message, is that a problem with my employer's server or something I did?
2. When I compose a message in Mail, how can I choose whether it is sent from my personal Mail account or my employer's account?
3. When I reply to a message, is it automatically sent from the same account it came into?

> 1. Regarding the message, is that a problem with my employer's
server or something I did?
Most likely, you haven’t set up the account correctly. Are you sure it provides POP access and uses SSL, which is how you appear to have configured it?
2. When I compose a message in Mail, how can I choose whether it
is sent from my personal Mail account or my employer's account?
This is explained in Mail Help’s “Setting the account your email is sent from” article.
3. When I reply to a message, is it automatically sent from the
same account it came into?
This is explained in Mail Help’s “How is the "From" address determined in a new message or a reply?” article.

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