Email set up for Outlook

To set up your email account in the MS Outlook program, please follow the prompts below.

Open your Outlook program on your pc or laptop. If you have an existing email account already in Outlook, click on File to view the screen below and click on Add Account.  If not proceed to Step 2

Copy and Paste or type your email address into the box provided. Click the Advance Options arrow and tick the box ” Let me set up my account manually”. Press Connect.

Select either IMAP or POP from the icons shown.  If you select POP go to Step 4 POP

IMAP

IMAP stores the emails on your web hosting account.  You can access them from any device.  If you tend to store a lot of your emails you may need to upgrade your web hosting account at some point.

POP

POP stores the emails on your computer locally.  You can set the email program to leave a copy of emails for up to 30 days so you can receive them on other devices if needed.

Add your incoming and outgoing mail servers that were sent to you.  Select Encryption method in both incoming and outgoing to SSL/TLS.  Change the port numbers, incoming to 993 and outgoing to 465. Press Next

Add your incoming and outgoing mail servers that were sent to you.  Set the incoming port to 995 and tick the first box “This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL/TLS).

Select Encryption method in outgoing mail and set to SSL/TLS.  Change the port number outgoing to 465. Press Next

Enter your password carefully here. Press the eye icon to ensure its entered correctly.  Click Connect.

All done