Below will be a sample of video tutorial on “How to Setup an IMAP Account in Microsoft Outlook 2016
using NON SSL setup. ”
For SSL setup you may just replace the “Serverhostname” and “SSL ports”
Step by Step Guidance
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Launch your Microsoft Outlook 2016.
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From Top left menu, click on FILE > make sure that Info is selected on the left > click on Add Account.
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Enter your full email address > Click on “Advanced options” > tick “Let me set up my account manually”. Then click Connect.
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Choose account type, select IMAP.
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Now enter your Incoming and Outgoing servers setting in their respective text boxes.
Use the respective values depending whether you want to use SSL or NON-SSL.
NON-SSL
Incoming mail server IMAP : mail.domain.com
Outgoing mail server SMTP : mail.domain.com
(replace your OWN domain name for domain)
SSL
Incoming mail server IMAP : serverhostname
Outgoing mail server SMTP : serverhostname
(serverhostname refers to the name of the server that is hosting your email.
serverhostname can be found from your web hosting control panel server information section )
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Enter password for your email address then Click OK.
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Account setup is complete. Check the checkbox if you want to setup outlook mobile on phone
then click OK.
Your email account now is ready to use.
Note: If you wish to edit the Account Setting , you may proceed with below step
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File > Account Setting > Double click your email address > More Settings
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Click on Outgoing server tab to check on My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
This is currently our mail server policy to allow sending from mail client.
- Click on the Advanced tab and you can edit your port setting here. Use the values below.
NON-SSL
Incoming IMAP: 143
Outgoing for IMAP: 587
SSL
Incoming IMAP: 993
Outgoing for IMAP: 465
NOTE: If you choose SSL settings, check This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) box.
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After the edit, click OK. Then click on Next and click on Close after the Test Account Settings has been done.
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Your email account in Microsoft Outlook 2016 is ready to use.