Setup EMail on Windows Outlook (Classic)

  1. Close Outlook
  2. Launch the Legacy version of the Outlook Accounts Manager..
    1. Left Click the Windows menu and type “Control Panel”.  Click on it when you see it in the list.
    2. On the top right switch from “Category” to “Large Icons”
    3. Look for “Mail (Microsoft Outlook)” in the list and click on it.
    4. Click on the “EMail Accounts” button.
  3. Select the “New” button
  4. At the bottom, select: “Manual setup or additional server types” and click the [Next] button.
  1. Select “Pop or IMAP”
  2. Fill out the page..
    1. Note: Replace the below information with your own.  EMail addresses should be in lower case only.
    2. Type your name: John Doe
    3. EMail Address: user@host.com
    4. Account Type: IMAP
    5. Incoming mail server: mail.desktopmasters.com
    6. User Name: user@host.com
    7. Password: (Your password)
    8. Press the [More Settings] button.
  1. Select the “Outgoing Server” tab and checkmark the “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”
    1. “Use the same settings” should already be selected.
  1. Select the “Advanced” tab.
    1. In both dropdowns choose “SSL/TLS”
    2. Incoming Server (IMAP):  993
    3. Outgoing Server (SMTP): 465
      • Note: It will default to 25, *CHANGE IT*
    4. Root folder path: INBOX
      • Note: Use all upper case for INBOX
  2. Click: [Ok]
  1. Click: [Next]
  2. It should show you two successfull tests.  (It will lag a bit when sending)
  3. Just keep clicking [Finish] and [Close] on all the remaining popups.
  4. Run Outlook.  (Sometimes outlook hangs the first time you run it after doing this.  That is normal.  Let it sit for a minute then close it out and run it again)

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