Monday, April 13, 2015

Set up a POP3 or IMAP4 connection to your email in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013

  • Open Outlook. If the Microsoft Outlook Startup Wizard opens, on the first page of the wizard click Next. Then on the E-mail Accounts page, click Next to set up an email account.
    If the Microsoft Outlook Startup Wizard doesn't open, on the Outlook toolbar click the File tab. Then click Add Account above the Account Settings button.
  • Click Manually configure server settings or additional server types > Next.
  • On the Choose Service page, click Internet E-mail > Next.Provide the following information on the Internet E-mail Settings page.
  • Under User Information:
    • In the Your Name box, type the name you want users to see when you send email from this account.
    • In the E-mail Address box, type your email address.
    Under Server Information:
    • In the Account Type list, click IMAP or POP3. Consider using IMAP because it supports more features.
    • In the Incoming mail server box, type the IMAP or POP server name. If you’re connecting to your Office 365 email, the IMAP or POP server name is outlook.office365.com. If you’re not using Office 365, see Find your POP or IMAP server settings in this article.
    • In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type the SMTP server name. If you’re connecting to your Office 365 email, the SMTP server name is smtp.office365.com. If you’re not using Office 365, see Find your POP or IMAP server settings in this article.
    Under Logon Information:
    • In the User Name box, type your email address.
    • In the Password box, type your password. If you want Outlook to remember your password, make sure the check box next to Remember password is selected.

    • At the bottom of the page, click More Settings, and then fill in the Internet E-Mail Settings dialog box as follows:
      On the Outgoing Server tab, select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
      On the Advanced tab
      • Under Incoming server (IMAP), or Incoming server (POP3), next to Use the following type of encrypted connection, select SSL in the list.
      • Under Outgoing server (SMTP), next to Use the following type of encrypted connection, select TLS, and then click OK.
      • If you're using POP3 and you want to keep a copy of your messages on the server, under Delivery, click Leave a copy of messages on the server. If you don't select this option, all messages are removed from the server and stored locally on your computer.
    • On the Add New Account page, click Next. After Outlook tests your account, click Close to close the Test Account Settings dialog box.
    • On the Congratulations page, click Finish.
    • On the Account Settings page, click Close.
    • If you're using IMAP4, a message may appear asking you if you want to download folders for the mail server that you added. Click Yes. Use the Outlook user interface to select which folders to synchronize between the server and your local computer, and then click OK.

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