Setting Up Email in Outlook 2010-2016
See this Plesk Support article: Adding an email account with secure connection in Outlook (Manual setup)
Before you start, make sure you have the following information:
- Your email address.
- Your email password
- The server name hosting your email account.
- Start Outlook and the Microsoft Outlook Startup Wizard will display. Click Next.
- The Account Configuration dialogue box will display E-mail Accounts asking if you would like to configure an E-mail account. Verify that Yes is selected and click Next.
- On Auto Account Setup dialogue box select Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
- In the Choose Service dialogue box verify that Internet E-mail is selected and click Next.
- On the Internet E-mail Settings dialogue box enter the following information:
- Name: Enter your name (e.g., Jane Doe).
- E-mail Address: Enter your Full Email Address: <username>@<your-domain.xxx>.
- Account Type: IMAP.
- Incoming mail server: Enter the server name: psaXXX.his.com>.
- Outgoing mail server: Enter server name: psaXXX.his.com>.
- Port: 465 Note: Port 465 with SSL is recommended, however if you are unable to use port 465, the next best option is port 587 using STARTTLS.
- User Name: Enter your Full Email Address: <username>@<your-domain.xxx>.
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Password: Enter your password.
- Click on the More Settings button, then the Advanced tab.
- Set the Incoming Server Encryption Type to STARTTLS and Incoming Server Port number is 143,
or or for older versions: SSL with Incoming Server Port number 993. - On the Internet E-mail Settings dialogue box select the Outgoing Server tab
- Set the Outgoing Server Encryption Type to STARTTLS and Outgoing Server Port number is 587,
or for older versions: SSL and Outgoing Server Port number is 465. - Check the checkbox My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. The radio button reading Use same settings as my incoming mail server should be checked.
- Click OK, and then click the Advanced tab.
- Extend Server Timeouts to 5 minutes.
- The account will self-test. Click OK or Close, and then click Finish.
Set the IMAP Root folder:
- Click the File tab, then Account Settings
- Choose your e-mail account, then click Change
- Click More Settings
- Click the Advanced tab
- In the Root folder path type INBOX
- Click OK and Next to save your changes