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 2010/Office 365.
- Go to File -> Info -> Add Account.
- Select the "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" radio button and click "Next"
- Select the "Internet E-mail" radio button and click "Next".
- Enter the required information:
- Your Name - The name you want to appear on outgoing email.
- E-mail address - Your email address.
- Account Type - Select "POP3" or "IMAP"
- Incoming mail server - This will be mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is the domain of your email account.
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - This will also be mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is the domain of your email account.
- User Name - This will be your full email address.
- Password - Current and valid password for your email account.
- Check/Tick the "Remember Password"
- Select the "More Settings" button.
- Go to the "Outgoing Server" tab and check/tick the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication". Leave default selection as "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".
- Go to the "Advanced" tab.
- Enter the required information:
- Incoming server (POP3)- 110
- Incoming server (IMAP)- 143
- Outgoing server (SMTP)- 587
- Click "Ok".
- Click "Next".
- Click "Finish".
