Note: Difference between POP3 and IMAP
Kindly click POP3 vs. IMAP to redirect you to the discussion between POP3 and IMAP configuration before proceeding to create/add a new account.
- Open Outlook 2016.
- Go to File -> Info -> Add Account.
- Input your email address and click the "Advanced option" and check "Let me set up my account manually".
- Choose your desired configuration if it's POP3 or IMAP by clicking it.
- Enter the required information:
- Incoming mail server - This will be mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is the domain of your email account.
- Incoming server (POP3)- 110
- Incoming server (IMAP)- 143
- Do not check "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL/TLS)"
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - This will also be mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is the domain of your email account.
- Outgoing server (SMTP)- 587
- The encryption method must be set to "None"
- Check the "connect" button.
- The credential box will pop up and input your password and check the checkbox "Save this password in your password list" and click "Ok".
- Your email account is now set up, but you need to add an additional setting to make sure all emails are delivered to the correct folders.
- Go to File -> Account settings -> Account settings.
- Select the account you just set up and click Change in the menu right above it.
- Click More Settings... in the bottom right.
- Click the Advanced tab ->Type in INBOX as the Root folder path, all in capitals.
- Click OK to save your settings.
- Click Next to continue.
* Outlook will now test your account settings by trying to send a test message. Click Close when the tests are completed. - Click Finish to go to your inbox. You can now see that all folders are on the same level as your inbox.
